Prying into patient data
A SPATE of recent cases prompts a reminder of the potentially serious consequences of prying into patients’ medical records without a legitimate reason.
Practice risks training days in London
CONFIDENTIALITY and other practice risks take centre stage at two upcoming MDDUS training days.
Expanded role for pharmacists to ease burden on GPs in Scotland
THE Scottish Government has published plans to ease the burden in both primary and hospital care delivery by further enhancing the role of pharmacists through independent prescribing and advanced clinical skills.
Urgent dental problems in over-65s
AN estimated 1.8 million people aged 65 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have an urgent dental condition such as decay in untreated teeth, pain or oral sepsis according to a new report by The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons.
Sit up and take notice
Dentist and personal trainer James Tang says prevention is better than cure when it comes to neck and back pain
Dilemma: Safeguarding concern
A question over redacted information from medical records in a case with child protection implications
Ethics: The sound of silence
REFLECTIONS on a personal response to the tragic case of Charlie Gard
Vignette: Gertrude Herzfeld
First practising woman surgeon in Scotland
Duty to warn?
A recent case involving Huntington’s disease poses difficult questions regarding duty of care and a patient’s right to confidentiality