Risk: Prescribing controlled drugs
Nearly half of fatal drug poisonings in the UK involve opiates - and clinicians remain at the sharp end. How do you avoid the pitfalls?
Ethics: How should a person be?
PROFESSOR Deborah Bowman reflects on how practice makes perfect, even in ethics.
Practice management: Taking time off for elective surgery
Are employees entitled to fully paid sick leave?
Risk: When a patient refuses a chaperone
What should you do if a patient says “no” to a chaperone?
Case file: Threshold for a GMC investigation
...the building contractor threatens to report the doctor to the GMC over an alleged rude personal comment...
Vignette: Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick (1924 – 2017)
Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick - British thoracic specialist and first woman president of the Royal College of Physicians.
Call log
A range of common - and not so common - queries from GPs and practice managers.
Case file: Infected rash
...Mrs H is asthmatic and clinically obese, complaining of a painful skin rash for the past few weeks...
Case file: Excessive SAR request
...the patient has asked for a copy of every phone call she has ever made to the practice...
Viewpoint: Malpractice in the media
MDDUS senior lawyer Joanna Jervis provides a reality check on what really happens if you're accused of clinical negligence.