Safeguarding children in dentistry
Dr Christine Park looks at the vital role dental teams can play in protecting vulnerable children.
Advice for junior doctor members during industrial action
Junior doctors should consider the impact of their absence and work collaboratively with their healthcare team to keep patients safe.
MDDUS: “Tired. Concerned. Trying not to lose hope.” A report from the NHS frontline
MDDUS members shared their experience of working for the health service as part of our review of 2022.
Insight Dental Q3 2023
In this issue:
- Safeguarding children in dentistry
- Leadership: Managing change - 10 essential tactics
- Call log
- MDDUS: “Tired. Concerned. Trying not to lose hope.” A report from the NHS frontline
- Practice management: Probationary periods
- Is it safe to apologise?
- Professional development: The power of trust
- Advice: Keeping up with CPD
- Case file: Over-diagnosis allegation
- Case file: Bony infection
- Case file: Right tooth, wrong patient
- Ethics: How should a person be?
- Vignette: Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick (1924 – 2017)
Ethics: How should a person be?
PROFESSOR Deborah Bowman reflects on how practice makes perfect, even in ethics.
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.
Case file: Infected rash
...Mrs H is asthmatic and clinically obese, complaining of a painful skin rash for the past few weeks...
Case file: Botox remote
...The nurse expressed concern that Dr J is providing a remote prescribing service for cosmetic treatments...
Case file: Redaction request
...Mr L is demanding that portions of the letter be redacted, in particular reference to possible psychological factors...
Catalysing civility – resolving workplace conflict
Mediator Owen Bubbers-Jones explains how resolving team conflict can boost staff wellbeing and patient safety.