Existing collections used for teaching and training

1. 22. Since 1997 our guidance has required doctors to get consent before making recordings that are not part of a patient’s care. However, some doctors hold collections of recordings made over many years that they use solely for teaching purposes within a medical setting. Some pre-1997 recordings in these collections may continue to have a significant value for teaching. In these circumstances, you may continue to use anonymised recordings. You may also continue to use recordings where the patient is identifiable, as long as you have a record that consent was obtained for the recording to be made or used.
2. 23. You must not use recordings for which there is no record of whether consent was obtained where:

• It is clear from the context that consent had not been given to the recording, 
• the patient is, or may be, identifiable.