Governance & Confidentiality
DVLA
DVLA - Consent for the Release of Relevant Medical Information You do not need to see the written consent of your patient to share relevant information with the DVLA, the consent will have been given and this is legally assured In August 2009, rules called Consent by Assurance were implemented...
GDPR, Legal & Contracts - Audio & Video Podcasts and Recorded Webinars
You can record your reflections on this form or via your learning diary here: https://www.fourteenfish.com/about/learningdiary CQC are particularly keen to see any evidence of your listening and how you apply it. Going Live with Online Access to Medical Records Lisa Harding, Director of...
Good Practice Guidelines for GP Electronic Patient Records
The links below give useful guidance on all aspects of GP electronic records, produced by the NHSE, in conjunction with RCGP and BMA: Good Practice Guidelines for GP Electronic Patient Records, Version 5
Information Governance - Requests for Information from Dignitas
We have been made aware that Dignitas may contact a patients GP for information if that patient contacts them considering assisted suicide. How should you respond? The Suicide Act provides that 'a person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the suicide of another, or an attempt by another to...
Legal Disclaimer
We have taken every care in the preparation of the content of this web site which is designed and provided for health care professionals working in primary care in the UK. Every situation is unique and advice may change over time. You must therefore exercise your own professional judgement at...
Living Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Lasting Powers of Attorney
Enduring Power of Attorney An Enduring Power of Attorney was an instrument used by a person to nominate someone to look after their affairs. Any Enduring Power of Attorney executed prior to 1st October 2007 will still be valid. No new Enduring Power of Attorneys can be created. They have been...
Medical Records - Adopted Children
Under adoption legislation, an adopted child is given a new NHS number, and all previous medical information relating to that child is put into a newly created health record. Any information relating to the identity or whereabouts of the birth parents should not be included in the new record....
Medical Records - Handling and Retention
For definitive advice on records retention please click here: Medical Records Code of Practice 2021 (updated Aug 2023) GMC Good Medical Practice requires that: 'you keep clear, accurate and legible records, reporting the relevant clinical findings, the decisions made, the information given to...
Medical Records, Online Access and NHS App
Accelerating Patient Access to their GP Held Records From April 2020 there is a contractual requirement for practices to offer all patients online access to all prospective data on their patient record unless exceptional circumstances apply. (Additionally, patients can also ask for their full...
NHS.UK - Responding to Negative Feedback
Negative comments posted on the NHS.UK website. . . GPC has been made aware that there is some confusion concerning the procedures in place when a practice receives notification of negative comments posted on the NHS.UK website. To clarify. . . Practices are notified of a comment pertaining...
Online Access to Medical Records – Safeguarding
Accelerating Patient Access to their GP Held Records From April 2020 there is a contractual requirement for practices to offer all patients online access to all prospective data on their patient record unless exceptional circumstances apply. (Additionally, patients can also ask for their full...
Parental Responsibility, Access to Children’s Medical Records and Parental Disputes.
Basic principles Parental responsibility refers to the rights, duties, powers and responsibilities that most parents have in respect of their children. Parental responsibility includes the right of parents to consent to treatment on behalf of their children, provided the treatment is in the...
Patient Demographic Services (PDS)
Please refer to the following document for Guidance: Patient Demographic Services, Nov 2008
Recording in Practice - Telephone Conversations and Patients Recording in Practice
Recording Telephone Convesations The principles to consider if you are thinking of recording telephone calls within your practice: You must not single out conversations with individual callers - i.e. you can't just record conversations with 'difficult' patients, if you are going to record then...
Summary Care Record (SCR)
What is Summary Care Record NHS Digital has information here Summary Care Record The SCR is intended to support patient care in urgent and emergency care settings. The SCR stores a defined set of key patient data for every patient in England, except those who elect not to have one. This data...
