Doctors will be told to inform the police whenever somebody arrives in hospital with a wound inflicted in a knife attack, under draft guidance drawn up by the General Medical Council and the Department of Health. But accident and emergency doctors will not have to breach confidentiality by disclosing identifying details such as the patient's name and address when they first make contact.
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GMC: Doctors must inform police of knife injuries - The Times 19th August 2008
Ministers want doctors to tell police if they treat patients with wounds from knife attack - The Guardian 19th August 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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