Dental risk conference – featuring MDDUS
RECORD keeping and dealing with claims of negligence will be the hot topics discussed by MDDUS’ Aubrey Craig in Dublin this week.
Support materials for enhanced dental CPD
A SERIES of guidance documents and templates for dental professionals in support of enhanced continued professional development (ECPD) have been published on the GDC website.
Dental services in England rate highly
A NEW report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed that nearly nine out of 10 dental practices in England inspected by the regulator have complied with all five of its key standards.
One in five Americans experienced medical errors
A SURVEY of 2,536 US adults found that, although the large majority of Americans have reported positive healthcare experiences, 21 per cent report having personally experienced a medical error.
Mouth Cancer Action Month returns
NOVEMBER is Mouth Cancer Action Month and the Oral Health Foundation is asking for support to “help save lives by raising vital awareness of mouth cancer”.
Non-compliant diabetic
...The infected foot proves unresponsive to antibiotic therapy and six days later Mr A undergoes a below-knee amputation...
Altering patient notes
CLINICAL notes are 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.
Early cancer diagnosis avoids need for chemotherapy
CANCER patients diagnosed at stage 1 are five times more likely to have surgical treatment than those diagnosed at stage 4, avoiding the need for chemotherapy, according to new figures.
Antibiotic resistance now common in UTIs
ONE in three urinary tract infection samples showed resistance to the antibiotic trimethoprim in a recent analysis.
Doctors should not be “health tourism police”
DOCTORS should not be used to police new laws requiring non-EU patients to pay for NHS hospital treatment in England, the Royal College of GPs has said.