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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 1800 460 400 or contact an individual member of our medico-legal advisory team.
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Further, please see fact sheets listed below for your convenience.
A
Audio recording of consultations
Article on preparing a response strategy for angry and aggressive patients
B
Breakdown in professional relationship
Burnout and how to avoid it
Breakdown in doctor patient relationship
Breakdown of doctor-patient relationship
C
Children First obligations
Cross Border Treatment challengence
Communication - discussing obesity
Considerations for the Out of Hours GP
Consent - A fundamental part of medical practice
Court - Recent Court judgments
Complaints - A changing complaints landscape
Capacity - Assessing Testamentary Capacity
Court - Giving Evidence in Court (Medical Independent)
Court - Giving evidence in Court (Forum article)
Chaperones Article
Cauda Equina - Raise your awareness of the “Red Flags” for early detection of Cauda Equina Syndrome
Consent - Article on adult patients refusing potentially life-saving medical intervention on religious or cultural grounds
Claims - Breaking down the elements of a claim
Communication - Good communication with colleagues
Capacity - Assessing capacity for medical treatment
Communication between primary and secondary care article
Capacity - Assessing Testamentary Capacity article
Consent - Understanding Informed Consent article
COVID-19 Vaccine - Ten Tips for addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among patients
COVID-19 Vaccine - Off-Site COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
Communication - Good Communication with Patients - A Key to Avoiding Complaints
Child Welfare and Protection article
COVID-19 - The third wave of the COVID-19 medico-legal query
Coroner's (Amendment) Act 2019
D
Diagnostic uncertainty in clinical medicine
Driving - Certifying patients as Fit to Drive - a GP's role
Data Breach - Tips on dealing with a data breach
E
Expert witness role
Evie Toombes case article
Emergency - Is your practice ready to deal with an emergency?
Enduring Powers of Attorney and Wardship article
G
GP Partnerships
Garda requests for information
GDPR - Erasure Requests
I
Inquests - A guide
Informed consent
Involuntary admissions - clarifying the GP's role article
L
Locums - Top tips for employing a locum
M
Medical Council's Ethical Guide - 6 key takeaways
Medical Council's Ethical Guide - new provisions article
Medical records - releasing records
Medical Records - article on erasing or amending records
Managing non-adherent patients
Medical Council - Article on changes to the Medical Council complaints process
N
Nervous shock claims in medical negligence cases
Negative Online Reviews
Next of Kin in medicine
O
Open Disclosure legislation
Occupational Health - Medico-legal dilemmas in occupational health matters
P
Practice Closures
Personal Injuries Guidelines impact
PMA reports
Patient safety incidents - supporting clinicians
Providing evidence at fitness to practise hearings
R
Risk - Reducing risks as a general practice nurse
Reeling in the medico-legal year
Records responding to requests for patient information
Reviews - How to handle negative online reviews
Recording - Suspicious minds: How to react if a patient has been recording you without your knowledge
S
Signing Forms article
Safeguarding vulnerable adults
Social Media - avoid the pitfalls
Sepsis - Beware Sepsis – Think Sepsis article
Social Media - Managing social media risks in healthcare
T
Tusla - Reporting cases of historical child abuse
Test results - preventing patients from falling through the cracks article
Test Results - How safe is your test results system
Treating colleagues and family members article
U
Unvaccinated Employees - general guidance
V
Vaccination and phlebotomy - Fainting after vaccination and phlebotomy article
Vaccine storage - risk reduction tips

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.

Medico-Legal Advisory Team