Report medicine side effects, campaign urges
DOCTORS are being urged to report side effects from over-the-counter medicines in a new social media campaign from the Medicines Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
MDDUS welcomes new RMBF campaign to support doctors
MDDUS fully supports 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.
“Further improvement” in performance at GDC
THE General Dental Council has shown further improvement by meeting all but one of the 24 standards set down by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Bleak Practice five
This fifth episode in our GP practice-based drama explores the risks associated with the use of locum doctors.
“Bad apples” and other perpetrators behind professional misconduct
AN analysis of professional misconduct among health and care professionals by the Professional Standards Authority has found that not all perpetrators are simply "bad apples".
Male dentists "over-represented" in FtP cases
AN analysis of GDC data has found that male dental professionals were more likely to have been involved in a fitness to practise (FtP) cases than their female colleagues, as were older (over 30) registrants.
Fast-track for breakthrough treatments
A NEW fast-track route for introducing "breakthrough" medicines and technologies into the NHS has been announced by the Government.
Diary
Diary Issue 17
Case study: HRT error
Medical case study
Employment law: Overtime and holiday pay calculations
Janice Sibbald reports on a landmark case establishing that voluntary overtime must be included in determining holiday pay