Engagement crucial in fitness to practise complaints
PROPER engagement with the fitness to practise process is a crucial factor in outcome for doctors facing MPTS hearings, according to research conducted by the GMC.
GDC urged to focus more on preventing bad practice
MDDUS has welcomed the findings of a new public attitudes survey showing that one in five respondents want the GDC to focus on preventing bad practice rather than taking action after it occurs.
Dentists needed for national survey of antibiotic prescribing
DENTISTS are being urged to participate in a new survey of antibiotic prescribing in dentistry.
Vignette: Frederick Akbar Mahomed (1849-84)
Key figure in understanding essential hypertension
Book choice: Breaking & Mending
Book review by Dr Greg Dollman
Ethics: How should a person be?
PROFESSOR Deborah Bowman reflects on how practice makes perfect, even in ethics
Risk management critical as doctors seek work-life balance
MDDUS responds to the GMC's "The state of medical education and practice 2019 report".
Dilemma: Alleged prescription fraud
OUR PRACTICE has received an anonymous letter informing us that a patient has been selling his prescription medicine
Humans like us
Dental adviser Sarah Harford considers the role human factors can play in clinical error
Calling time on bullying
Insight chats with ST6 surgeon David Riding about a high-profile RCS Edinburgh campaign to stop bullying in surgical training and beyond