Vignette: Frances Hoggan (1843-1927)
Pioneering physician, researcher and social reformer
Book choice: Dear NHS 100 - Stories to Say Thank You
Book review by Dr Greg Dollman
Ethics: "Know your place"
Professor Deborah Bowman looks at how hierarchy among medical professionals can create a structure within which asking questions and challenging practice may be perceived as risky or even ‘inappropriate’
Wellbeing: You are not alone
Dr Zaid Al-Najjar, deputy medical director of NHS Practitioner Health, discusses how the service can help
Case study: Repeating risk
...It transpires that Mrs H had been prescribed diclofenac on repeat for 12 years...
Case study: Earwax troubles
...Mrs L complains that the drops are obviously not working and asks why Dr M cannot syringe the ears...
Case study: Head lump
...Dr N receives a letter of claim alleging clinical negligence in failing to refer Mrs J immediately to a consultant neurologist to investigate the bony lump...
Human factors: Beyond blame
Professor Peter McCulloch describes the benefits of a human factors approach to investigating medical error.
Advice: Investigating a death
Key advice on how to prepare and write a report for an investigation into a patient’s death – first in a two-part series
Profile: Riding the planet
Adventurist and emergency medicine doctor Stephen Fabes talks to Adam Campbell about his six-year quest to cycle the world