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Web links
Legislation
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/browse
This lists nearly all UK Acts and all UK Statutory instruments since 1947, as well as Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish legislation. Under ‘Browse legislation’ you will find the various categories of legislation listed. Most statutes are shown in both their original and revised form, although any outstanding amendments which have not yet been added to the text are listed under ‘Changes to legislation’. Draft statutory instruments are also listed.
For recent legislation see:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/new
Parliament
This gives the text of all Bills currently before Parliament and shows how each Bill is progressing. It also shows the explanatory notes for each Bill and has links to the parliamentary debates.
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/pabills.htm
To find out how a statutory instrument is progressing
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmsilist/cmsilist.htm
Department of Health
And especially:
Consent
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Mental Capacity Act 2005
Explanatory Notes
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/en/ukpgaen_20050009_en_1
Code of Practice
www.gov.uk/government/publications/mental-capacity-act-code-of-practice
http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/about-mental-capacity-act
Liberty Protection Safeguards
The Law Commission reviewed the previous Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) in 2017. In their final report, they recommends that DOLS be repealed and replaced with a new set of safeguards, called the Liberty Protection Safeguards. The Law Commission report can be found here:
Many of the Law Commission’s suggestions were taken up in the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019. This amends the Mental Capacity Act 2005:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/18/enacted
More information on the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards is available here:
British Medical Association
And especially the following pages of the site:
Key Guidance on ethics:
http://bma.org.uk/practical-support-at-work/ethics/ethics-a-to-z
https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/ethics/children-and-young-people
https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/ethics/consent/consent-tool-kit
http://bma.org.uk/practical-support-at-work/ethics/confidentiality-and-health-records
https://www.bma.org.uk/advice/employment/ethics/mental-capacity/mental-capacity-toolkit
http://bma.org.uk/practical-support-at-work/ethics/bma-policy-assisted-dying
Human Rights
Care Quality Commission
Human Fertilisation and Embryology
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900037_en_1.htm
Code of Practice
https://www.hfea.gov.uk/code-of-practice/
General Medical Council
And especially the following pages:
Confidentiality
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/confidentiality.asp
Good Medical Practice
www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/good_medical_practice/index.asp
0-18 Years, Guidance for all Doctors
www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/children_guidance_index.asp
Protecting Children and Young People
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/13257.asp
Consent
http://www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/consent_guidance_index.asp
End of life treatment and care
www.gmc-uk.org/guidance/ethical_guidance/end_of_life_care.asp
Human Tissue Authority
https://www.hta.gov.uk/guidance-professionals/codes-practice
https://www.hta.gov.uk/guidance-professionals/hta-legislation
Mental Health Law
Mental Health Act Revised Code of Practice
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-mental-health-act-1983
www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-mental-health-act-1983
CQC guidance on Mental Health Act
http://www.cqc.org.uk/content/mental-health-act
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Children and clinical research
http://nuffieldbioethics.org/project/children-research/
Neonates
http://nuffieldbioethics.org/project/neonatal-medicine/
Do Not Resuscitate Orders
https://www.resus.org.uk/dnacpr/
Abortion statistics
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/abortion-statistics-for-england-and-wales
International
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/Treaties/Html/164.htm
World Health Organisation
http://www.who.int/governance/eb/who_constitution_en.pdf
World Medical Association
Declaration of Tokyo