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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
Telephone Triage by Non-Clinical Staff
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
March 1, 2021
Absence from General Practice
May 20, 2020
Advertising by Doctors
August 4, 2023
Assessing Capacity for Medical Treatment
May 20, 2020
Assessing Testamentary Capacity
B
June 24, 2021
Breakdown in the Doctor - Patient Relationship
C
November 16, 2023
Capacity - Assisted Decision Making - quick reference guide
May 20, 2020
Chaperones for examinations
October 13, 2023
Childhood Immunisation
January 6, 2023
Children - Protecting Vulnerable Children Children First
November 20, 2020
Children First – A guide to compliance for General Practice
April 22, 2021
Clinical Images: Medico-Legal issues
July 9, 2020
Communications via email
May 20, 2020
Communications via fax
July 9, 2020
Communications via SMS text messaging
November 11, 2021
Complaints Management Guide
May 20, 2020
Confidentiality
October 6, 2021
Conscientious Objection
February 13, 2023
Consent to Medical Treatment
January 11, 2023
Controlled Drugs - Safe Custody and Storage
July 9, 2020
Coroner's Inquests
May 16, 2022
Court - Giving evidence in Court
April 20, 2023
Cross Border Directive
D
March 5, 2021
DNA letters - Management of DNA letters
June 24, 2021
Driving - Medical Fitness to Drive
F
November 1, 2021
Forged or Altered Prescriptions
G
July 9, 2020
Garda Request for Medical Records
May 20, 2020
Garda Vetting
January 6, 2023
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 20, 2023
Guardianship
H
June 1, 2023
Home Births
I
May 20, 2020
Incapacity to work certification
April 27, 2021
Investigations - Safer Management of Test Results
February 15, 2022
Involuntary admission of patients under the Mental Health Act 2001
L
July 9, 2020
Lost or Stolen Prescription Pads
M
January 7, 2021
Medical Records - FAQs re access to medical records
December 9, 2021
Medical Records - Ownership and Transfer of Medical Records
October 21, 2022
Medical records - Patient access to records
December 12, 2022
Medical records - Requests for a Deceased Patient's medical records
O
June 7, 2022
Occupational Health for the non-specialist
November 11, 2021
Open Disclosure
July 9, 2020
Out-of-hours - Reducing Risks
P
January 9, 2023
Planned and Unplanned Practice Closures
November 4, 2020
Prescribing - Medication Reviews for Repeat Prescribing
March 26, 2021
Prescribing - Repeat Prescribing - Best Practice
November 4, 2020
Prescribing - Safer Prescribing
July 9, 2020
Prescribing - Steps to Safer Prescribing
R
May 20, 2020
Reports - Drafting medico-legal reports
May 20, 2020
Reports - Guide to writng a coroners report
July 9, 2020
Reports - Private Medical Attendant (PMA) Reports
November 11, 2021
Risk Management in General Practice
T
October 4, 2021
Telemedicine - Standalone Telemedicine
September 29, 2021
Telephone Triage by Non-Clinical Staff
May 20, 2020
Termination of Pregnancy
April 27, 2021
Test Results - Safer Management of Test Results
July 16, 2021
Test Results - Steps to safer management of test results
July 9, 2020
Top Tips for Video and Telephone Consultations
April 1, 2021
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.