Facebook and social media • (70) When advertising your services, you must make sure the information you publish is factual and can be checked, and does not exploit patients’ vulnerability or lack of medical knowledge.

In Confidentiality [5], the GMC state:

• (13) Many improper disclosures are unintentional. You should not share identifiable information about patients where you can be overheard, for example, in a public place or in an internet chat forum...

In their social media guidelines the GMC state that serious or persistent failure to follow this guidance in an online environment would put doctor’s registration at risk.

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