MDDUS COMMENTS ON CRITICAL ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS REPORT
The UK-wide medical defence organisation MDDUS has issued a comment on the new Royal College of Surgeons and Department of Health report indicating that the peri-operative care of patients undergoing emergency non-cardiac general surgery is “frequently disjointed, protracted and not always patient centred”.
Have you read the small print?
Doctors and dentists signing an official report or document must always check it is accurate or risk a challenge from the GMC or GDC.
A call regarding a sick child - medical case study
...a neighbour drops by and looks in on Sara and notices a large purple mark on the child's leg. She advises Mrs P to call an ambulance immediately...
Is your dental practice ready for radiation inspectors?
Dentists are reminded to take extra steps to ensure patients are fully protected from the hazards of ionising radiation.
Ask the Expert: Changing terms and conditions of employment
Practices are becoming more financially aware in this current climate and one area which has been raised recently by MDDUS members is how to change employees’ terms and conditions.
HR Alert: New rights for agency workers
PRACTICES who employ agency workers will have to abide by new laws from October 1, 2011.
Case study: Sending the wrong message
...the employee sent an offensive email to a work colleague from his home computer outside working hours but the alarm was raised when the email entered the company's system...
Sneaking a peek at patient records
Clinicians should resist the temptation to access patient records without a sound clinical reason to do so.
A bad trip
...the patient's wife explains he had been bitten by mosquitoes after he'd stopped taking the anti-malarial medication...
Patient literacy challenge for doctors
Doctors face a growing challenge to ensure proper care is provided to patients with poor literacy skills.