Safe telephone triage
Triage systems are now seen as crucial in managing the growing strain on primary care - but how can you ensure they are safe and effective?
Unwanted advances
How would you deal with the difficult situation of a patient making romantic advances? Risk adviser Kay Louise Grant offers advice on maintaining boundaries with patients.
Safety netting
How can you ensure a robust system where nothing important is missed?
Using chaperones in remote consultations
AN increasing proportion of consultations are being carried out remotely by video – but can healthcare professionals provide safe care to a patient requiring an intimate examination that would normally involve use of a chaperone?
Covert video recording
CAN patients video record consultations or staff undertaking a clinical procedure without permission?
Is reality TV too risky?
MDDUS often hears from members seeking advice about engaging with media producers. What are the risks involved?
Addressing unsafe rotas
PATIENT safety can be affected by your presence as well as your absence. Liz Price offers advice on raising concerns over potentially unsafe rotas.
Treating transgender patients
RECENT GMC guidance addresses a general lack of understanding among healthcare professionals on how to provide effective care and support for transgender patients.
Child protection – everyone’s responsibility
Not only do doctors and dentists have a professional obligation to act on any concerns they may have about the safety or welfare of a child or young person - they risk allegations of misconduct in failing to do so.
Drug driving
Doctors and other prescribers now have a legal duty to advise patients on the legal implications of driving whilst impaired through the use of prescription drugs.