Article

Viewpoint: The exceptional circumstances of dealing with COVID-19 must not be forgotten

MDDUS is urging the UK Government to create an expert advisory committee to make recommendations as to how potential concerns over clinicians’ behaviour in delivering care can be considered fairly

Article

Call log

A range of common - and not so common - queries from GPs and practice managers.

Article

Practice matters: Holiday quarantine

Advice for managers dealing with employees facing quarantine restrictions on return from holiday

Article

Advice: How safe is your telephone triage system?

COVID-19 has changed the way in which medical practices operate, with the need to reduce risk of exposure to both staff and patients. An effective telephone triage system has become an essential tool in this new way of working

Article

Practice profile: Highland lockdown

A look at how one rural practice in the North of Scotland has faced the challenge of COVID-19

Article

Ten behaviours that reduce team risk

Senior risk adviser Liz Price offers advice on some key behaviours to support risk management within your team

Article

Profile: Riding the planet

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

Article

Investigating a death

Key advice on how to prepare and write a report for an investigation into a patient’s death – first in a two-part series

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Human factors: Beyond blame

Professor Peter McCulloch describes the benefits of a human factors approach to investigating medical error.

Case study

Case study: Head lump

...Dr N receives a letter of claim alleging clinical negligence in failing to refer Mrs J immediately to a consultant neurologist to investigate the bony lump...

Case study

Case study: Earwax troubles

...Mrs L complains that the drops are obviously not working and asks why Dr M cannot syringe the ears...

Case study

Case study: Repeating risk

...It transpires that Mrs H had been prescribed diclofenac on repeat for 12 years...

Article

Wellbeing: You are not alone

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

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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

Article

Vignette: Frances Hoggan (1843-1927)

Pioneering physician, researcher and social reformer

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