GMC official ethical guidelines Flashcards
Who must you seek advice from if you have a serious condition you could pass onto patients
A suitably qualified colleague
Must not rely on your own assessment of risk
When should you end a professional relationship with a patient
Only when the breakdown of trust between you and the patient means you cannot provide good clinical care to the patient
Someone asks you for your registered name and GMC number, should you give them this information
Yes - you must
What legal offences must you inform the GMC about? (4)
Accepted a caution
Criticised by an official enquiry
Charged or found guilty of a criminal offence
Another professional body has made a finding against your registration as a result of fitness to practise procedures
Patient lacks capacity, do you tell family about their condition.
Yes
It is reasonable to assume the patient would want those closest to them to be kept informed of their general condition and prognosis, unless they indicate (or have previously indicated) otherwise.
Patient lacks capacity, do you tell family about their condition.
Yes
It is reasonable to assume the patient would want those closest to them to be kept informed of their general condition and prognosis, unless they indicate (or have previously indicated) otherwise.
When can you disclose information about a patient despite them refusing to allow you?
Public Health at risk
They lack capacity
Court Order
Do you ask for consent if you are going to disclose knife crime information in the public interest
No
But you should tell the patient about your intention to disclose personal information, unless it is not safe or practicable to do so
Name 4 particularly important notifiable diseases
HIV
Hep B
Hep C
TB
List of notifiable diseases (>20)
- Acute encephalitis
- Acute infectious hepatitis
- Acute meningitis
- Acute poliomyelitis
- Anthrax
- Botulism
- Brucellosis
- Cholera
- COVID-19
- Diphtheria
- Enteric fever (typhoid or paratyphoid fever)
- Food poisoning
- Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS)
- Infectious bloody diarrhoea
- Invasive group A streptococcal disease
- Legionnaires’ disease
- Leprosy
- Malaria
- Measles
- Meningococcal septicaemia
- Monkeypox
- Mumps
- Plague
- Rabies
- Rubella
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Scarlet fever
- Smallpox
- Tetanus
- Tuberculosis
- Typhus
- Viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF)
- Whooping cough
- Yellow fever
Under what circumstances would a knife or blade injury not need to be reported to police?
Appears accidental or self-harm
What can you do if you want a chaperone but the patient refuses/
Refer them to someone else who would be willing to do it, as long as a delay would not adversely affect the patient’s health
When should you report a gunshot wound
In all cases
What is a child protection examination
A child protection examination is carried out to look for signs that a child or young person has been abused or neglected.
Who do you inform about a suspected adverse reaction and how?
Use the yellow card scheme to inform the MHRA
(Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency)
What has final say:
Advanced refusal from patient
Power of attorney appointed recently
Power of attorney
Advance refusal is over ruled by a power of attorney who was appointed since the decision was made.
Is CPR invasive
Hell yeah it is
Is a DNACPR legally binding
No
A recorded DNACPR decision is not, in itself, legally binding and should be regarded as a clinical assessment and decision, made and recorded in advance, to guide immediate clinical decision-making in the event of a patient’s cardiorespiratory arrest.
A DNACPR decision should not override your clinical judgement about CPR if the patient experiences cardiac or respiratory arrest from a potentially reversible cause that was neither discussed nor envisaged when the DNACPR decision was recorded
Do you need to inform the GMC about payment of a fixed penalty notice for a road traffic offence
No
Do you need to inform the GMC about payment of a fixed penalty notice issued by local authorities (for example, for offences such as dog fouling or noise).
No
Do you need to inform the GMC about payment of a fixed penalty notice issued by local authorities (for example, for offences such as dog fouling or noise).
No
Do you need to inform the GMC if you receive a warning for cannabis possession?
Yes
