Consent to research: Sharing information with others involved in care

1. 12. With the participant’s consent, you should usually inform their GP and other clinicians responsible for their care about their involvement in a research project, and you should provide the doctors with any other information necessary for the participant’s continuing care. You should follow this advice regardless of whether the participant is a patient or a healthy volunteer.
2. 13. If a participant objects to information being shared in this way, you should explain to them the potential consequences of not sharing information. If the participant continues to object, you must respect their wishes, unless sharing the information is justified in the public interest.⁶