Professional development: Know your patient, know yourself
Dental business coach Alun Rees reflects on the career advice he has never forgotten.
Children in England missing one-year dental check-up
OVER 6.5 million children in England were not seen by an NHS dentist in the year to June 2022, according to figures published by the Liberal Democrats.
Scotland withdraws guidance on the extended use of face coverings
SCOTTISH Government has announced the withdrawal of guidance on the extended use of face coverings in health and social care settings.
Insight Primary Q2 2023
In this issue:
- Online patient access - hot topic FAQs
- 10 questions to ask before giving feedback
- Risk: When a patient refuses a chaperone
- Practice management: Taking time off for elective surgery
- Risk: Prescribing controlled drugs
- Call log
- Innovation: Online tool reduces disparities in pregnancy risk assessment
- The mission to make the NHS greener
- Case file: Excessive SAR request
- Case file: Infected rash
- Case file: Threshold for a GMC investigation
- Viewpoint: Malpractice in the media
- Ethics: How should a person be?
- Vignette: Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick (1924 – 2017)
- Catalysing civility – resolving workplace conflict
More sunny weather raises skin cancer risk
OVER half (56 per cent) of young people (age 18 to 34) in the UK reported at least one case of sunburn in 2022, increasing the risk of future skin cancer.
Improved emergency waiting times "promising"
THE number of patients spending 12-hours or more in emergency departments from time of arrival fell by 30.5 per cent from March to April 2023, according to statistics from NHS England.
NHS England pledge to improve GP access
NHS England plans to train 6,500 ‘care navigators’ to make general practices more efficient at dealing with a growing volume of patient contacts.
Mobile tooth
...Mr K demands that Dr G refund his treatment costs and cover additional payments for further “remedial care”...
Insight Dental Q2 2023
In this issue:
- 10 questions to ask before giving feedback
- Pitfalls: Needle breakage
- Practice management: Taking time off for elective surgery
- Call log
- Professional development: Know your patient, know yourself
- Risk: Being prepared for unexpected medical emergencies
- Catalysing civility – resolving workplace conflict
- GDC: A brush with the law
- Environment: Making dentistry greener
- Case file: Treatment abroad
- Case file: Alleged substandard restoration
- Case file: Mobile tooth
- Feature: A more perfect language than that of words
- Ethics: The human touch
- Vignette: John Alcindor (1873-1924)
Severe mental illness linked to lower cancer screening
ADULTS with severe mental illness are less likely to attend cancer screening than those without such conditions, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer.