Clinical Responsibilities when delegating Roles NHS e-Referral Service
Author: Lisa Shackleton, SY ICB (provided latest update)
Author: Lisa Shackleton, SY ICB (provided latest update)
Published Date: July 2023
Published Date: July 2023
Date to Review: July 2025
Date to Review: July 2025
The clinician remains responsible for the clinical consequences whenever they delegate responsibility for referring, accepting, redirecting or rejecting NHS e-referrals to a non-clinician.
Current General Medical Council (GMC) Good Medical Practice (2013) guidelines state that, where there is any delegation by a clinician regarding the care of a patient, the clinician will still be responsible for the overall management of the patient.