Regulating doctors, ensuring good medical practice

Good Medical Practice: Contents

 

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About Good Medical Practice  
How Good Medical Practice applies to you  
Duties of a doctor  
        Good doctors 1 
Good clinical care  
        Providing good clinical care 2-3
        Supporting self-care 4
        Avoid treating those close to you 5 
        Raising concerns about patient safety 6 
        Decisions about access to medical care 7-10 
        Treatment in emergencies 11 
Maintaining good medical practice  
        Keeping up to date 12-13 
        Maintaining and improving your performance 14 
Teaching and training, appraising and assessing 15-19
Relationships with patients  
        The doctor-patient partnership 20-21
        Good communication 22-23
        Children and young people 24-28
        Relatives, carers and partners 29
        Being open and honest with patients if things go wrong 30-31
        Maintaining trust in the profession 32-35 
        Consent 36 
        Confidentiality 37
        Ending your professional relationship with a patient 38-40
Working with colleagues  
        Working in teams 41-42
        Conduct and performance of colleagues 43-45
        Respect for colleagues 46-47
        Arranging cover         48
        Taking up and ending appointments   49
        Sharing information with colleagues 50-53
        Delegation and referral 54-55
Probity  
        Being honest and trustworthy 56-59
        Providing and publishing information about your services 60-62
        Writing reports and CV's, giving evidence and signing documents 63-69
        Research 70-71
        Financial and commercial dealings 72-73
        Conflicts of interests 74-76
Health 77-79