Links

Documents

• Data Protection Act 1998
• Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients (2011, GMC)
• Intimate examinations and chaperones (2013, GMC)
• Acting as a witness in legal proceedings (2013, GMC)
• Confidentiality: good practice in handling patient information (2017, updated 2018, GMC)
• GDPR Guidelines from MDDUS (2017, MDDUS)
• 0-18 years: guidance for all doctors (2007, updated 2018, GMC)
• NMC Code (2018)
• Good Medical Practice (2013, updated 2019, GMC)
• PICS (Dec 2019, FFLM)
• Guidance for best practice for the management of intimate images that may become evidence in court. FFLM/ RCPCH Publication (2020)
• Decision Making and Consent. (Nov. 2020)
• FFLM Consent Form for Photographs (2021)

Organisations

• British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP): www.bipp.com
• Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFLM): www.fflm.ac.uk
• General Medical Council (GMC): www.gmc-uk.org
• ForensiGraph: www.forensigraph.co.uk

Method Statement on Medical Photography

You are welcome to download this method statement and amend it to suit your unit’s requirements for medical photography.

Method statement.