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.
Book choice: The Butchering Art
Book review by Dr Greg Dollman
Research ready
HAS your practice ever considered getting involved in primary care research? GP David Shukla offers a personal perspective on the benefits
Dilemma: A friend in need?
Dilemma: a doctor is pressured by a friend to prescribe a controlled drug while on holiday
New admissions
Adam Campbell chats with neurosurgeon and bestselling author Henry Marsh