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Consultant Fact Sheets
Advertising by doctors
Capacity - Assessing Capacity for Medical Treatment
Chaperones for examinations
Children - Protecting vulnerable children: Children First
Clinical Images: Medico-Legal issues
Communications via email
Communications via fax
Communications via SMS
Confidentiality
Conscientious Objection
Consent to medical treatment
Coroner's Inquests
Court - Giving evidence in Court
Driving - Medical Fitness to Drive
Enduring Powers of Attorney and Wardship
Forged or altered prescriptions
GDPR Data Subject Access Requests
Giving Evidence at Medical Council Fitness to Practise Inquiries
Giving Evidence at NMBI Fitness to Practise Inquiries
Guardianship of minors
Involuntary admission of patients under the Mental Health Act 2001
Managing Challenging Situations: Doctor / Patient interactions
Medical Records - FAQs on access to medical records
Medical Records - Garda requests for medical records
Medical records - Patient access to medical records
Medical Records - Requests for records of a deceased patient
Medical Records - Storage and retention of medical records
Medical Records - The importance of good medical records
Occupational Health for the non-specialist
Open Disclosure
Prescribing - Safer Prescribing
Prescriptions - Lost or stolen prescriptions
Preventing wrong site surgery
Reports - Drafting medico-legal reports
Reports - Guide to writing a Coroners's report
Top tips for video and telephone consultations
A
October 10, 2020
Advertising by doctors
C
November 4, 2021
Capacity - Assessing Capacity for Medical Treatment
November 10, 2020
Chaperones for examinations
January 6, 2023
Children - Protecting vulnerable children: Children First
November 4, 2021
Clinical Images: Medico-Legal issues
November 10, 2020
Communications via email
November 10, 2020
Communications via fax
November 10, 2020
Communications via SMS
November 10, 2020
Confidentiality
October 6, 2021
Conscientious Objection
February 7, 2023
Consent to medical treatment
November 10, 2020
Coroner's Inquests
May 16, 2022
Court - Giving evidence in Court
D
June 24, 2021
Driving - Medical Fitness to Drive
E
November 20, 2020
Enduring Powers of Attorney and Wardship
F
November 1, 2021
Forged or altered prescriptions
G
October 21, 2022
GDPR Data Subject Access Requests
September 29, 2021
Giving Evidence at Medical Council Fitness to Practise Inquiries
September 29, 2021
Giving Evidence at NMBI Fitness to Practise Inquiries
April 22, 2021
Guardianship of minors
I
February 15, 2022
Involuntary admission of patients under the Mental Health Act 2001
M
January 7, 2021
Medical Records - FAQs on access to medical records
November 10, 2020
Medical Records - Garda requests for medical records
October 21, 2022
Medical records - Patient access to medical records
December 12, 2022
Medical Records - Requests for records of a deceased patient
November 10, 2020
Medical Records - Storage and retention of medical records
October 4, 2021
Medical Records - The importance of good medical records
O
June 7, 2022
Occupational Health for the non-specialist
November 11, 2021
Open Disclosure
P
November 10, 2020
Prescribing - Safer Prescribing
November 10, 2020
Prescriptions - Lost or stolen prescriptions
April 16, 2021
Preventing wrong site surgery
R
November 10, 2020
Reports - Drafting medico-legal reports
November 4, 2021
Reports - Guide to writing a Coroners's report
T
August 31, 2021
Top tips for video and telephone consultations
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