Good Psychiatric Practice (third
edition) sets out standards of practice for
psychiatrists. It is aligned to the General Medical Council’s
(GMC’s) Good Medical Practice (2006), the standards for
all medical practitioners. In this edition, the GMC standards are
followed by the additional standards required for good psychiatric
practice. Repetition of standards is avoided where possible.
Good Medical Practice (2006) is not reproduced in full in
this document and is available at www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medical_practice/index.asp.
CR154 replaces the second edition of
Good Psychiatric Practice (CR125). The document has been
revised with the GMC’s approach to revalidation in mind. The
standards set out in Good Psychiatric Practice are those
psychiatrists will need to meet for recertification in the UK.
Reference is also made to legal principles relevant to the UK. The
standards of practice do, however, apply to members of the Royal
College of Psychiatrists, or other psychiatrists, whatever their
grade, whatever the clinical setting and wherever they are
practising.
CR154 covers the following
areas:
- The duties of a doctor registered with the
GMC
- Core attributes – good psychiatrists
- Good clinical care
- Maintaining good practice
- Teaching, training, appraising and assessing
- Relationships with patients
- Consent
- Confidentiality
- Working with colleagues
- Working with management
- Research
- Probity