Addressing unsafe rotas
PATIENT safety can be affected by your presence as well as your absence. Liz Price offers advice on raising concerns over potentially unsafe rotas.
Disclosure demanded
...details are required in regard to an NMC investigation into allegations of ill-treatment of a patient registered with the practice while in a local nursing home...
Alcohol will claim estimated 63,000 lives over next five years
ALCOHOL-RELATED illness will be responsible for an estimated 63,000 deaths in the next five years, according to a new report from the University of Sheffield Alcohol Research Group.
Do not be tempted to take shortcuts during consultations
Doctors should not be tempted to take shortcuts as a way of dealing with the time pressures of a ten-minute consultation, says MDDUS.
Fixed recoverable costs delay is another step backwards
MDDUS chief executive Chris Kenny comments on the postponement of the Government’s response to the consultation on fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases.
MDDUS offers reassurance over dental indemnity model
The GDC has warned it members that some insurance policies may be subject to exclusions that could affect the adequacy of their cover.
Attention dental care professionals – have you declared your indemnity?
THE deadline for dental care professionals (DCPs) to renew their GDC registration is midnight tonight (31 July 2017) – and most DCPs will have paid their annual retention fee (ARF). But have you also declared your indemnity?
Online learning to comply with dental CPD requirements
MDDUS is reminding dentists that they will be required to complete a personal development plan as part of the new enhanced continuing professional development scheme (ECPD) announced by the General Dental Council.
Campaign to end bullying culture
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to tackle bullying in surgery and dentistry.
Antidepressant prescriptions in England rise again
ANTIDEPRESSANTS saw the greatest numeric rise in prescription items in England for the fourth successive year – increasing by 6 per cent in 2016.