New RMBF campaign to support doctors
MDDUS is pleased to support of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund’s (RMBF) new campaign, Together for Doctors, which aims to raise awareness of the need to offer support to doctors working under increasing difficulty and scrutiny.
Vignette: Charles Stent
English dental surgeon who gave his name to the medical device
Ethics: Unexpected field work
Professor Deborah Bowman offers a personal perspective on patient autonomy
Negative perceptions of general practice fuelling recruitment crisis
MORE than three quarters (76 per cent) of medical students report hearing negative comments about general practice from clinicians, educational trainers and/or academics by the time they reach their final year at university, according to a new report from the RCGP and the Medical Schools Council.
Government announces strategy to reduce the number of stillbirths
A NEW maternity strategy to reduce the number of stillbirths in England has been announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Children’s oral health conference
A ONE day conference to discuss issues and explore effective approaches in helping to encourage positive oral health in children will be held on 25 January at the Museum of London.
Dentistry for the whole patient
Professor Nairn Wilson looks at the opportunities and challenges for dentistry in the shift towards holistic healthcare
Diagnosis unforthcoming
How do you approach patients with medically unexplained symptoms? Professor Chris Burton offers some insights
An eventful year
Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard talks to Adam Campbell about her first 11 months as Chair of the RCGP and what keeps her going
Risk: Altering patient notes
CLINICAL notes are accepted as an important record of the encounters between medical or dental staff and their patients. Altering them in a less than honest or straightforward way can result in serious consequences.