2thumbs Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) There is a big difference between 'gagging orders' and maintaining patient confidentiality or confidentiality clauses........surely? Edited October 17, 2013 by 2thumbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistymaud Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 I interpret client confidentially in that you never disclose personal details outside of discussion with relevant parties within the organisation.So, you work for a solicitor and you don't go chatting to your mates about Mrs Chatsworth getting a divorce because her husband is having an affair with the milkman. - It's made up, purely fiction in case there are any Mrs Chatsworths out there with husbands in a similar situation. Gagging is inserting a clause threatening staff for speaking about internal errors or problems within an organisation - ie with the organisation itself. So, you could have a situation where staff are aware that widespread medical errors are taking place but their contract states that they will be sacked and prosecuted if they speak about it. Here, of course, you have cross-border incidence with criminal negligence. Say for saying's sake that Harold Shipman had a nurse that had been in attendance when he was giving his patients overdoses but her contract contained a gagging clause - where does that leave nursey? Some would say, no contest, she reports him or she's party to murder. But that is a clear cut case and where should the line be drawn and who dictates where it is drawn? I still don't know if the contracts contain confidentiality clauses (which they should) or gagging clauses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistymaud Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Just thought of a specific instance with regard to confidentiality. A couple of years ago a woman I know went berserk because her husband had gone to the doctor and the doctor had starting telling the husband all about the woman's medical condition. Shame she hadn't told him first. All hell broke loose.Breach of patient confidentiality - even to a husband. Mattie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 Aberdeen Maternity Hospital was so dirty that inspectors raised concerns with the Scottish government, it has been revealed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24727672 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted December 14, 2013 Report Share Posted December 14, 2013 Senior medical staff in the north east of Scotland have warned that services in key areas are at breaking point. More than 20 consultants at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) have written to NHS Grampian's board, saying the situation is "critical" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-25383050 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenman Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 if one wirks for NHS Shetland, then posting here anything concerning NHS Shetland is a breach of contract and a disciplinary issue quite possibly leading to dissmissal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted December 25, 2013 Report Share Posted December 25, 2013 Leaving your mark http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-25508672 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 The Gilbert Bain Hospital has been told to improve cleanliness in several areas following an unannounced inspection in November. http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2014/01/13/hospital-takes-action-on-cleanliness/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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