Older patients’ families struggle to complain about poor hospital care
THE families of older hospital patients find it difficult to complain about poor care with more than two-thirds feeling their complaint made no difference, according to a new survey.
Bowel cancer death rate drops 30 per cent
THE bowel cancer death rate has fallen by 30 per cent in the last 20 years, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.
Sign up for MDDUS dental training day
SPACES are still available for an MDDUS training day highlighting common pitfalls in dental practice.
Conflicts of interest statement for healthcare professionals
DOCTORS and dentists should refuse “all but the most trivial gifts” from patients, according to a joint statement on conflicts of interest.
Fixed recoverable costs – DoH must produce more balanced and ambitious action, says MDDUS
MDDUS chief executive Chris Kenny comments on the publication of Lord Justice Jackson’s review into fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases.
Addressing unsafe rotas
PATIENT safety can be affected by your presence as well as your absence. Liz Price offers advice on raising concerns over potentially unsafe rotas.
Disclosure demanded
...details are required in regard to an NMC investigation into allegations of ill-treatment of a patient registered with the practice while in a local nursing home...
Briefing: Would mandatory service help the NHS?
JOB vacancies for doctors in England are estimated at seven per cent and this recruitment challenge has inspired a drastic proposal from the Department of Health. Is it realistic?
Caring for the displaced
Jim Killgore chats with two GPs working in an award-winning specialist clinic in London offering primary care to refugees and asylum seekers