Modern professional practice requires all medical practitioners to ensure that ethically they are “doing the right thing”.
We have a specialist group of lawyers who advise on the ethics in all its diverse parts, such as:
- how to handle a whistleblowing situation
- rights under the Freedom of Information Act
- what do I tell my patient about his care, or what has gone wrong?
- how do I resolve differences between my business affairs and my professional duties?
- is my drug trial being correctly set up?
- balancing a patient's right of confidentiality against public interest concerns when determining whether the professional should disclose confidential information to a third party, eg police
Our team is regularly called on by hospitals, nursing homes, NHS bodies and individual professionals to help them overcome problems and formulate policies in this area. It is a demanding field where there is no substitute for experience.