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Section 1: Probity  definition, core components and significance

(1.1) Section 1: Probity  definition, core components and significance

(1.2) Definition

(1.3) Core components of probity

(1.4) Core components of probity

(1.5) Maintaining public trust

(1.6) Section 1: Recap

(1.7) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Roles

(2.1) Section 2: Roles

(2.2) Employers’ rights

(2.3) Royal College of Psychiatrists

(2.4) General Medical Council

(2.5) Grounds for impaired fitness to practise

(2.6) Sanctions (through Interim Orders Panel and Fitness to Practise Panel)

(2.7) Section 2: Recap

(2.8) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Conflicts of interest

(3.1) Section 3: Conflicts of interest

(3.2) Conflicts of interest

(3.3) Good practice in therapeutic relationships

(3.4) Good practice in therapeutic relationships

(3.5) How to avoid conflicts of interest

(3.6) Audio vignette: accepting a gift

(3.7) Accepting gifts from a patient

(3.8) Accepting gifts from a patient

(3.9) Audio vignette: to charge or not to charge?

(3.10) Charging an assessment fee

(3.11) Section 3: Recap

(3.12) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Providing and publishing information and giving evidence

(4.1) Section 4: Providing and publishing information and giving evidence

(4.2) Providing and publishing information about services

(4.3) Audio vignette: informing a patient about side-effects

(4.4) Audio vignette: informing a patient about side-effects

(4.5) Guidance on informing patients about side-effects

(4.6) Writing references, reports, CVs, and signing documents

(4.7) Writing references, reports, CVs, and signing documents

(4.8) Reflection

(4.9) Giving evidence to support a patient's insurance claim

(4.10) Giving evidence as a professional or expert witness to various bodies

(4.11) Reflection

(4.12) Providing a statement about a colleague's performance

(4.13) Further guidance

(4.14) Section 4: Recap

(4.15) Section 4: Summary

 

Section 5: Financial and commercial dealings

(5.1) Section 5: Financial and commercial dealings

(5.2) The rules for financial dealings

(5.3) Relationships with organisations providing care and treatment

(5.4) Financial interests in organisations other than your workplace

(5.5) Financial interests in care homes

(5.6) Recommending services outside National Health Service (NHS) by NHS employees

(5.7) Relationships between psychiatrists, the pharmaceutical industry and other commercial organisations

(5.8) Reflection

(5.9) Guidance on attending a drug company-sponsored meeting abroad

(5.10) Definition of sponsorship

(5.11) Sponsorship of conferences and meetings

(5.12) Guiding principles for psychiatrists regarding sponsorship

(5.13) Company-sponsored meetings and conferences

(5.14) Speaking at company-sponsored meetings and conferences

(5.15) Register of interests

(5.16) Register of interests

(5.17) Section 5: Recap

(5.18) Section 5: Summary

 

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Appendix I: transcripts

(3.6) Transcript: accepting a gift

(3.9) Transcript: to charge or not to charge?

(4.3) Transcript: informing a patient about side-effects

 

Appendix II: Probity handbook

Probity handbook

 

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