Article

Viewpoint: Covid-19 has caused regulatory corners to be cut

MDDUS CEO Chris Kenny spoke at a recent Professional Standards Authority symposium, looking at some of the key changes that regulators have made in response to the pandemic.

Article

Call log

These cases are based on actual calls made to MDDUS advisers and are published here to highlight common challenges within dental practice. Details have been changed to maintain confidentiality.

Article

New CQC regulatory approach for dental practices

The CQC’s new regulatory approach for dental practices has now started

Article

Holiday quarantine

Employment law adviser Janice Sibbald offers advice for managers dealing with employees facing quarantine restrictions on return from holiday

Article

Good record keeping essential with remote consulting

MDDUS has seen a rise in calls from members concerned about treating patients safely in remote consultations. One way to manage risk is to ensure that record keeping is clear, sufficiently detailed, accurate and contemporaneous

Article

Domestic abuse and remote consulting

HOUSEHOLD isolation measures during the pandemic have increased risks for those under threat from domestic abuse. A majority of clinical interactions now being undertaken remotely means reduced opportunities to recognise and act on cases

Article

Riding the planet

Adventurist and emergency medicine doctor Stephen Fabes talks to Adam Campbell about his six-year quest to cycle the world

Article

A Covid journey

In an extended feature, John Sadler, along with his practice partner and wife Katharine, offer a personal view on how the pandemic has affected their Glasgow private dental surgery

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THINGS DENTISTS SAY... “I can only do things one way”

First in a series of articles by MDDUS dental adviser Mike Williams looking at barriers to best practice

Article

Professionalism in practice

What does "being professional" mean to you? Senior risk adviser Liz Price explores key risk areas in this fascinating aspect of dental practice

Case study

Case study: Debonded retainer

...Mr T returns to the practice claiming that during treatment the hygienist had damaged the bonding along one side of his retainer causing it to partially detach...

Case study

Case Study: Broken file

...A review of the patient records reveals that Dr F had noted that there might be a file fragment lodged in the mesial canal and included a reminder to undertake a periapical radiograph at the next visit, but there is no record that this was done...

Case study

Case study: Near miss

...Just before handing over the tablets the pharmacist notes from his records that Mrs J is allergic to penicillin...

Article

Wellbeing: You are not alone

Dr Zaid Al-Najjar, deputy medical director of NHS Practitioner Health, discusses how the service can help

Article

Ethics: "Know your place"

Professor Deborah Bowman looks at how hierarchy among medical professionals can create a structure within which asking questions and challenging practice may be perceived as risky or even ‘inappropriate’

Article

Book choice: Dear NHS 100 - Stories to Say Thank You

Book review by Dr Greg Dollman

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