Moneo writes: Strong constitution

At the end of September, the General Medical Council issued a document as part of its guidance on professional standards and ethics for doctors titled Decision making and consent, which comes into force at the beginning of November.

This is a very timely document as a member of my family has just received a letter from their GP practice informing them that a key element of their medication is to be changed to a cheaper version and this will allow the money saved to go into other areas of local healthcare. There has been no consultation or agreement and my family member is incredibly upset and says they have been made to feel guilty about wanting to stay with higher priced medication that they are happy with as, from what it says in the letter, this choice could well mean others being deprived of health care.