Northern Ireland Factsheets

Select a factsheet from the list below, written specifically for our members in Northern Ireland. Click here to view factsheets for MPS members in the Republic of Ireland.

NEW: Triage protocol for non-clinical staff
NEW: Controlled drugs
Access to health records (Last updated: May 2011)
Access to medical reports (Last updated: May 2011)
Caring for vulnerable adults (Last updated: May 2011)
Clinical negligence claims – what to expect (Last updated: May 2011)
Chaperones (Last updated: September 2010)
Chaperones – FAQs (Last updated: September 2010)
Communicating with patients by fax and email (Last updated: September 2010)
Communicating with patients by text message (Last updated: September 2010)
Confidentiality – Disclosures relating to patients unable to consent (Last updated: May 2011)
Confidentiality – Disclosures without consent (Last updated: May 2011)
Confidentiality – General principles (Last updated: May 2011)
Consent – children and young people (Last updated: September 2011)
Consent – the basics (Last updated: September 2011)
Dealing with non-compliant patients (Last updated: February 2011)
Giving evidence (Last updated: October 2010)
Guide to writing expert reports (Last updated: August 2011)
HSC complaints procedure – General practice (Last updated: June 2011)
HSC complaints procedure – Hospital setting (Last updated: June 2011)
Inquests (Last updated: December 2010)
Making audio and visual recordings of patients (Last updated: May 2011)
Medical records (Last updated: May 2011)
MPS policy on circumcision (Last updated: January 2011)
Needlestick injuries (Last updated: January 2011)
Parental responsibility (Last updated: September 2011)
Repeat prescribing for GPs (Last updated: March 2011)
Removing patients from the practice list (Last updated: August 2011)
Report writing (Last updated: May 2011)
Reporting deaths to the coroner (Last updated: September 2009)
Reporting gunshot and knife wounds (Last updated: November 2009)
Safe prescribing (Last updated: December 2010)
Safeguarding children (Last updated: March 2010)
Safeguarding children – FAQs (Last updated: September 2010)
Statement of fitness for work (Last updated: September 2010)
Unscheduled care for health professionals (Last updated: October 2010)
Unscheduled care for providers (Last updated: October 2010)