Closing down a private practice - your responsibilities

Dr Jerard Ross MDU medico-legal adviser
ByMr Jerard Ross
Published27 March 2015
Patients and their records are your main priorities, and form part of the medico-legal considerations involved with practice closure

The patient will also need to know that in referring them on you will be disclosing confidential information and that without that disclosure, such referral is not possible

This page was correct at publication on 27/03/2015. Any guidance is intended as general guidance for members only. If you are a member and need specific advice relating to your own circumstances, please contact one of our advisers.

Mr Jerard Ross
Medico-legal adviser

Jerard graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1994. He then moved into surgical training in Edinburgh before completing his MD at the University of Manchester. Before joining the MDU he was a consultant in adult and paediatric neurosurgery in Edinburgh where he was the surgeon to the Scottish National Paediatric Epilepsy Programme.

Closing down a private practice - your responsibilities