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if you have a medico-legal query, you can browse our factsheets in this section, contact us by email on advisory@medisec.ie, telephone us on 01 661 0504 or contact an individual member of our medico-legal advisory team.
Our medico-legal telephone advisory service is available to members with urgent queries 24/7.
Members seeking urgent medico-legal advice can call 01 661 0504.
Disclaimer: In the interests of patient confidentiality and in compliance with data protection legislation, when contacting us for medico-legal advice, please do not provide information on the telephone or in an email to Medisec that would allow a patient to be identified. Medisec is now connected to the secure email system Healthmail and it is our preferred means of secure communication with members.
Further, please see fact sheets listed below for your convenience.
Factsheets
Absence from General Practice
Advertising by Doctors
Assessing Capacity for Medical Treatment
Assessing Testamentary Capacity
Breakdown in the Doctor - Patient Relationship
Capacity - Assisted Decision Making - quick reference guide
Chaperones for examinations
Childhood Immunisation
Children - Protecting Vulnerable Children Children First
Children First – A guide to compliance for General Practice
Clinical Images: Medico-Legal issues
Communications via email
Communications via fax
Communications via SMS text messaging
Complaints Management Guide
Confidentiality
Conflict and Aggression- Managing Conflict and Aggression - practical guide for general practice teams
Conscientious Objection
Consent to Medical Treatment
Controlled Drugs - Safe Custody and Storage
Coroner's Inquests
Court - Giving evidence in Court
Cross Border Directive
DNA letters - Management of DNA letters
Driving - Medical Fitness to Drive
Forged or Altered Prescriptions
Garda Request for Medical Records
Garda Vetting
GDPR Data Subject Access Requests
Giving Evidence at Medical Council Fitness to Practise Inquiries
Giving Evidence at NMBI Fitness to Practise Inquiries
Guardianship
Home Births
Incapacity to work certification
Investigations - Safer Management of Test Results
Involuntary admission of patients under the Mental Health Act 2001
Lost or Stolen Prescription Pads
Managing Challenging Situations: Doctor / Patient interactions
Medical Records - FAQs re access to medical records
Medical Records - Ownership and Transfer of Medical Records
Medical records - Patient access to records
Medical records - Requests for a Deceased Patient's medical records
Medical records - Storage and Retention of Medical Records
Medical Records - The importance of good medical records
Medical records - Third Party Requests for Medical Records
Occupational Health for the non-specialist
Online reviews - risk tips for managing online negative reviews
Open Disclosure
Out-of-hours - Reducing Risks
Planned and Unplanned Practice Closures
Prescribing - Medication Reviews for Repeat Prescribing
Prescribing - Repeat Prescribing - Best Practice
Prescribing - Safer Prescribing
Prescribing - Steps to Safer Prescribing
Reports - Drafting medico-legal reports
Reports - Guide to writng a coroners report
Reports - Private Medical Attendant (PMA) Reports
Risk Management in General Practice
Telemedicine - Standalone Telemedicine
Termination of Pregnancy
Test Results - Safer Management of Test Results
Test Results - Steps to safer management of test results
Top Tips for Video and Telephone Consultations
Treating family and staff members in General Practice
A
January 2, 2024
Absence from General Practice
January 9, 2024
Advertising by Doctors
January 2, 2024
Assessing Capacity for Medical Treatment
January 2, 2024
Assessing Testamentary Capacity
B
January 2, 2024
Breakdown in the Doctor - Patient Relationship
C
November 16, 2023
Capacity - Assisted Decision Making - quick reference guide
April 9, 2024
Chaperones for examinations
January 2, 2024
Childhood Immunisation
January 30, 2024
Children - Protecting Vulnerable Children Children First
January 2, 2024
Clinical Images: Medico-Legal issues
January 2, 2024
Communications via email
January 2, 2024
Communications via fax
January 2, 2024
Communications via SMS text messaging
January 2, 2024
Complaints Management Guide
January 2, 2024
Confidentiality
January 2, 2024
Conscientious Objection
January 2, 2024
Consent to Medical Treatment
January 2, 2024
Controlled Drugs - Safe Custody and Storage
January 2, 2024
Coroner's Inquests
January 2, 2024
Court - Giving evidence in Court
January 2, 2024
Cross Border Directive
D
January 2, 2024
DNA letters - Management of DNA letters
January 2, 2024
Driving - Medical Fitness to Drive
F
January 2, 2024
Forged or Altered Prescriptions
G
January 2, 2024
Garda Request for Medical Records
January 2, 2024
Garda Vetting
January 2, 2024
GDPR Data Subject Access Requests
January 2, 2024
Giving Evidence at Medical Council Fitness to Practise Inquiries
January 2, 2024
Giving Evidence at NMBI Fitness to Practise Inquiries
January 2, 2024
Guardianship
H
January 2, 2024
Home Births
I
January 2, 2024
Incapacity to work certification
January 2, 2024
Investigations - Safer Management of Test Results
L
January 2, 2024
Lost or Stolen Prescription Pads
M
January 2, 2024
Managing Challenging Situations: Doctor / Patient interactions
January 2, 2024
Medical Records - FAQs re access to medical records
January 2, 2024
Medical Records - Ownership and Transfer of Medical Records
January 2, 2024
Medical records - Patient access to records
January 2, 2024
Medical records - Storage and Retention of Medical Records
January 2, 2024
Medical Records - The importance of good medical records
January 2, 2024
Medical records - Third Party Requests for Medical Records
O
January 2, 2024
Occupational Health for the non-specialist
January 2, 2024
Online reviews - risk tips for managing online negative reviews
January 2, 2024
Open Disclosure
January 2, 2024
Out-of-hours - Reducing Risks
P
January 2, 2024
Planned and Unplanned Practice Closures
January 2, 2024
Prescribing - Medication Reviews for Repeat Prescribing
January 2, 2024
Prescribing - Repeat Prescribing - Best Practice
January 2, 2024
Prescribing - Safer Prescribing
January 2, 2024
Prescribing - Steps to Safer Prescribing
R
January 2, 2024
Reports - Drafting medico-legal reports
January 2, 2024
Reports - Guide to writng a coroners report
January 2, 2024
Reports - Private Medical Attendant (PMA) Reports
January 2, 2024
Risk Management in General Practice
T
January 2, 2024
Telemedicine - Standalone Telemedicine
January 2, 2024
Termination of Pregnancy
January 2, 2024
Test Results - Safer Management of Test Results
January 2, 2024
Test Results - Steps to safer management of test results
January 2, 2024
Top Tips for Video and Telephone Consultations
January 8, 2024
Treating family and staff members in General Practice
Disclaimer: The contents of any publication in this section of the website are indicative of current developments and contain guidance on general medico-legal queries. It does not constitute and should not be relied upon as definitive legal, clinical or other advice and if you have any specific medico-legal queries, please contact a member of our advisory team.