The GMC has launched new guidance on
confidentiality for doctors. Confidentiality is central to the
trust between patient and doctor but the guidance explains some
occasional exceptions to this important rule.
Listen to the
podcast which explores when a doctor can tell the police if a
patient presents with a suspicious knife or gunshot wounds. Dr
Tunji Lasoye, lead consultant in King’s College hospital emergency
department talks about his experiences treating knife wounds and
how the new guidance will help is work.
