Insight Secondary Q2 2023
In this issue:
- 10 questions to ask before giving feedback
- Risk: When a patient refuses a chaperone
- Innovation: Online tool reduces disparities in pregnancy risk assessment
- The mission to make the NHS greener
- Advice for junior doctor members during industrial action
- Feature: A more perfect language than that of words - the inspiring figure behind the Hunterian Museum, London
- Case file: Just a sprain
- Case file: Threshold for a GMC investigation
- Case file: Disputed consent for surgery
- Dilemma: Consent and Gillick competence
- Ethics: The human touch
- Viewpoint: Tackling race hate - a challenge the NHS cannot ignore
- Vignette: John Alcindor (1873-1924)
New clinical statements address pneumonia in people with learning disability
HIGH morbidity and mortality in aspiration and community acquired pneumonia among patients with learning disability and autism has prompted publication of two new guidance statements from the British Thoracic Society (BTS).
NHS plan to further reduce opioid prescribing
OPIOID painkiller prescriptions in England have fallen by 8 per cent in the last three years according to NHS data released with publication of a new action plan to “crack down” on the overuse of potentially-addictive medicines.
Acting as a witness for dentists
This course aims to build knowledge on the requirements associated with giving evidence as a professional witness across the various legal systems in the UK.
GDC changes to fitness to practise processes are “pragmatic and sensible”, says MDDUS
MDDUS Head of Dental Division Stephen Henderson said the changes would bring significant improvements for registrants.
Insight Primary Q1 2023
In this issue:
- Feature: Rediscovering the joy of general practice
- Practice systems: Making “new normal” the norm
- Practice management: Do we need to give staff an extra bank holiday in May?
- Call log
- Pitfalls: Diagnosing malignant melanoma
- Altering clinical records – do’s and don’ts
- Being prepared for unexpected medical emergencies
- Innovation: Virtual wards in action
- Case file: Alleged falsification of notes
- Case file: Dispute over referral letter
- Case file: Twisted ankle
- Feature: A more perfect language than that of words
- Risk: Burnout risks patient safety
- Dilemma: Consent and Gillick competence
- Ethics: The human touch
- Vignette: John Alcindor (1873-1924)
Being prepared for unexpected medical emergencies
Would you know what to do if the practice was asked for access to its defibrillator?
Too many patients fall into “referral black hole”
A SURVEY from Healthwatch England found that around one in five patients with a primary care referral had to return to their GP having not been seen.
“Shameful“ number of hospital tooth extractions for children
PREVENTABLE tooth decay caused almost 27,000 children to undergo extractions in hospital, new government figures for England show.
Government pledges to clamp down on NHS Trusts not providing round the clock access to food for doctors
The Government will force NHS Trusts in England to make food and drink available to healthcare workers round the clock if Trusts fail to deliver the national standards introduced last year.