Addressing uncertainties about the effects of treatments offered to NHS patients: whose responsibility?

‘You must work with colleagues and patients to maintain and improve the quality of your work and promote patient safety. In particular you must … help to resolve uncertainties about the effects of treatments.’ General Medical Council 1

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