Standards guidance for doctors
Contents
Good Medical Practice
Our core guidance is Good Medical Practice, which sets out the principles and values on which good practice is founded.
Web version: View Good Medical Practice.
Download: Good Medical Practice (pdf)
Published: October 2006
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Consent guidance
Our consent guidance expands on the guidance in Good Medical Practice, which requires doctors to be satisfied that they have consent from a patient, or other valid authority, before undertaking any examination or investigation, providing treatment, or involving patients in teaching and research.
Web version: View Consent guidance.
Download: Consent guidance (pdf)
Published: 2008
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Confidentiality guidance
We receive more enquiries about confidentiality than any other issue. This guidance offers advice to doctors on this complicated area, from how to keep records secure to when and how to share information for research purposes.
Web version: View Confidentiality guidance.
Download: Confidentiality guidance (pdf)
Published: 2009
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0-18 years: guidance for all doctors
Our 0-18 years guidance develops the duties and principles set out in Good Medical Practice and in our other guidance. It focuses on children and young people from birth until their 18th birthday.
Web version: View 0-18 years guidance.
Download: 0-18 years guidance (pdf)
Published: 2008
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Leadership and management for all doctors
This guidance sets out the wider management and leadership responsibilities of all doctors in the workplace. These responsibilities relate to employment issues, teaching and training, planning, using and managing resources, raising and acting on concerns, and helping to develop and improve services.
Web version: View Leadership and management for all doctors.
Download: Leadership and management for all doctors (pdf)
Published: January 2012
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Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety
All doctors have a duty to act when they believe patients’ safety is at risk, or that patients’ care or dignity is being compromised. This guidance sets out doctors' responsibilities and gives advice on how to raise and act on concerns.
Web version: View Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety.
Download: Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety (pdf)
Published: January 2012
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Treatment and care towards the end of life
This guidance develops the duties and principles set out in
Good Medical Practice and in our other guidance. It sets out the standards of practice expected of doctors treating patients nearing the end of their life.
Web version: View Treatment and care towards the end of life
Download: Treatment and care towards the end of life (pdf)
Published: 2010
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Supplementary guidance
You can find the full list of supplementary guidance publications in the list of ethical guidance section within Guidance on good practice.