Rise in emergency readmissions for “preventable” conditions
EMERGENCY hospital readmissions for "potentially preventable" conditions have risen by 41 per cent in the last seven years, according to analysis from the Nuffield Trust.
Slow-healing socket
...The expert questions why Ms N did not consider something more than just a slow-healing socket – especially when the adjacent molar had been extracted with normal healing...
GDPR is here
IT would be hard to miss the news that the GDPR is now upon us as of 25 May.
GDPR compliance at MDDUS
MEMBERS can be assured that MDDUS is meeting the obligations set out by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and our updated Privacy Notice explains how we control and process your data.
Manage your MDDUS membership online
MEMBERS can now access a secure online portal allowing you to “manage your membership” – including the ability to download and print membership certificates, copies of renewal notices and online CPD, and also change your address and other personal details.
GP risk training day
Learn more about how complaints and negligence claims occur in primary care in an interactive risk training day focused on key areas such as complaints handling, patient communication, chaperones and social media.
Vignette: Elsie Maud Inglis
Pioneering physician, suffragist and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals Movement
Wales opts for state-backed indemnity
THE Welsh government has decided to introduce a state-backed indemnity scheme for GPs in Wales from April 2019 – following in the footsteps of the recent decision by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England.
Support for refugee dentists
A SCHEME to help refugee doctors work in Scotland has now been extended to dentists.
Data opt-out for patients in England
THE “national data opt-out” has been launched in England allowing patients to refuse to have their confidential information used for research or planning purposes.