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1 Clinic: usually at fixed premises although the term
can cover mobile units.
2 Doctor or dentist means a registered medical
practitioner (which includes physicians and surgeons) or
registered dental practitioner.
3 On 1 January 2003
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland took
over the functions of the Clinical Standards Board for
Scotland.
4 The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations
1995 and the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Amendment
Regulations 1999.
5 Patient care record: a record of all aspects of your
care and treatment by medical, nursing and allied health
professionals in the service. The record includes your
medication and all contacts that you have with the service
(for example, visits to or from the service and telephone
calls about your care).
6 The healthcare team comprises the people providing
clinical services for each patient and the administrative
staff who directly support these services.
7 Personal development plan: a plan that sets out a
person's occupational development and training needs and
how they are met now and will be met in the future.
8 Personal professional development plan: a framework
for continuing professional development that reflects the
standards set by a profession's regulatory body.
9 General Medical Council Guidance on intimate
examinations, December 2001.
10 Advocate is someone who intercedes on behalf of
another.
11 General Medical Council. Seeking patients' consent:
the ethical considerations (1998).
12 Joint statement on decisions relating to
cardiopulmonary resuscitation from the British Medical
Association, the Resuscitation Council (
UK) and the Royal College of Nursing
(January 2002).
13 Specialist registration - entered in the Specialist
Register of the General Medical Council. This means the
doctor has completed training recognised by the Specialist
Training Authority in a speciality, e.g. cardiology;
neurosurgery; and has been awarded a certificate of
completion of specialist training.
14 Medicines Act 1968, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
15 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000; Mental
Health (Scotland) Act 1984.
16 Resuscitation Council (
UK) Resuscitation Guidelines (2000).
17 The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001.
18
GMC Confidentiality; Protecting and
Providing Information Sept. 2000.
19 Mental Health (Care And Treatment) (Scotland) Act
2003.
20 Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984;
AWI (Scotland) Act 2000.
21 Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991c.50 Section
2(4). This Act identifies the circumstances in which
children can act in a way that is legally competent. The
Act states that a person under the age of 16 years has the
legal capacity to consent on their own behalf to any
surgical, medical or dental procedure or treatment where,
in the opinion of a qualified medical practitioner
attending them, they are capable of understanding the
nature and possible consequences of the procedure or
treatment; Children (Scotland) Act 1995 - Section 6 Part
1.
22
UKCC was the United Kingdom Central
Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting. The
responsibilities of this body were taken over by the
Nursing and Midwifery Council (
NMC) on 1 April 2002.
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