Do/can GPs keep everything confidential?

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Say for example I want to talk to a GP about something . That involves someone else who works for the NHS ... not a relative or anything, it’s to do with healthcare treatment I received from someone a couple of years ago .

If I tell GP stuff I’d rather kept private, and what I say might make them think the person involved has broken professional conduct, are they obligated to inform someone (eg NMC) or can they keep it private?

The person in question I don’t want them to get in any trouble at all, but I’m struggling to process a few things and just dithering over talking to my GP, I’m not sure who else to talk to .

Sorry you've been through a bad experience. It's really positive you want to talk to someone.

I believe if you are disclosing anything such as abuse or serious safeguarding concerns or similar, then your GP will be obligated to report. HCPs have professional standards to uphold and if these haven't been, it's important to investigate what happened.

Have you a GP in mind you would like to talk to? It differs by area, but many are still trying to not seeing patients f2f unless completely necessary. They may want to give you a phone appt. Would that work for you?

Sorry just reread you said they'd 'broken professional conduct'. Could you contact the NMC directly and ask advice? If it is relating to a nurse of midwife, it doesn't particularly have anything to do with your GP, although they can signpost other support for you. You could not name names if you didn't want to.

Sorry, it's tricky to advise without more specifics/details, but understand of course why you're not giving many.

@FrancesFlute

Sorry you've been through a bad experience. It's really positive you want to talk to someone.

I believe if you are disclosing anything such as abuse or serious safeguarding concerns or similar, then your GP will be obligated to report. HCPs have professional standards to uphold and if these haven't been, it's important to investigate what happened.

Have you a GP in mind you would like to talk to? It differs by area, but many are still trying to not seeing patients f2f unless completely necessary. They may want to give you a phone appt. Would that work for you?

I’ve got a phone appointment booked for Friday with a GP I know well ... it was to discuss a hospital referral but this is playing on my mind and I’m not sure if I should speak up .

It wasn’t that the person hurt me physically or sexually or something, but they broke professional conduct in a way that’s left me feeling very hurt and confused about things .

At the time they said to keep things private between me and them and now that I’m older (I was 18 at the time) I’m thinking that wasn’t OK . They acted out of kindness though and I don’t want them in trouble, but it’s confused me so much, hurts and I do want to talk to someone . Just in a way that I can avoid them losing their job or something !