NICE guidance on severe nausea in pregnancy
EXCESSIVE nausea affects up to 3.6 per cent of pregnant women and NICE has published draft guidance on treatment options.
Extracting wrong tooth no longer considered 'never event'
WRONG-SITE tooth extraction has been removed from the NHS England Never Events list in a move that has been welcomed by the The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP).
NHS expands mental health support for staff in England
FORTY mental health support hubs for NHS staff are to be opened across England in the coming weeks.
GDC urges vaccine uptake
DENTAL staff are being urged by the GDC to get the coronavirus vaccine if they have not already.
Covid-19 risks future dental inequality in Scotland
THE number of adults attending a dentist in Scotland in December 2020 was only 28 per cent of the 2018-19 monthly average and around 25 per cent for children, according to statistics published by Public Health Scotland.
Updated guidance to help doctors prescribe remotely
DOCTORS who prescribe remotely must meet the same standards as they do when seeing patients face to face.
MDDUS welcomes updated GMC guidance on prescribing and managing medicines and devices
MDDUS has welcomed the publication today (18 February 2021) of updated GMC guidance which comes into effect in six weeks' time on 5 April 2021 on prescribing and managing medicines and devices.
Smartphone app to detect kidney disease
PATIENTS with diabetes and high blood pressure will be able to test for kidney disease at home and send results to their GP using a smartphone app.
Surviving the 'coronacoaster'
Senior risk adviser Liz Price discusses how minimising the impact of Covid-related stress on practice teams can improve patient safety
Feature: The story of a vaccination
As the UK's mass Covid vaccination programme gathers pace, Allan Gaw looks at the key role played by an 18th century British doctor in the battle against infectious disease