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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 E.g. The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003; and The Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
4 E.g. The Disability Discrimination Act 1995;
5 E.g. The Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 and the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Amendment Regulations 1999.
6 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).
7 The healthcare team comprises the people providing clinical services for each patient and the administrative staff who directly support these services.
8 Personal development plan: a plan that sets out a person's occupational development and training needs and how they are now and will be met in the future.
9 Personal professional development plan: a framework for continuing professional development that reflects the standards set by a profession's regulatory body.
10 General Medical Council Guidance on intimate examinations, December 2001.
11 An advocate is someone who intercedes on behalf of another.
12 E.g. General Medical Council: Seeking patients' consent: the ethical considerations (1998); Department of Health: Reference Guide to Consent for Examination and Treatment (2001).
13 E.g. 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); General Medical Council: Withholding and Withdrawing Life Prolonging Treatment - Good Practice in Decision Making (2002).
14 Specialist registration - entered in the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council. This means the doctor has completed training recognised by the Post Graduate Medical Education and Training Board in a speciality, e.g. cardiology: neurosurgery; and has been awarded a Certificate of Completion of Training.
15 E.g. The Medicines Act 1968; The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
16 Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000; The Mental Health (Care and Treatment)(Scotland) Act 2003.
17 E.g. Resuscitation Council ( UK) Resuscitation Guidelines (2005).
18 The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001
19 E.g. General Medical Council Confidentiality; Protecting and Providing Information September 2000.
20 E.g. The Mental Health (Care And Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
21 E.g. The Adults With Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
22 The Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 - Chapter 50, Section 2(4); The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 - Section 6 Part 1.
23 A multi-agency children's services partnership is based around a local authority's geographical boundary.
24 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 1st April 2002.
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