MDDUS urges Lord Chancellor to pause the discount rate change - and advises the Scottish Government to learn from UK mistakes
MDDUS chief executive Chris Kenny comments further on the impact on the NHS and individual clinicians in general following the Lord Chancellor’s decision to reduce the discount rate.
Book choice: A is for arsenic
The poisons of Agatha Christie
Insight Spring Q1 2017 puzzle solution
Solution to Insight Spring Q1 2017 crossword puzzle
Compensation reform will lead to significant legal cost rise in England
THE Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss, has today announced a cut to the discount rate applied to personal injury claims from 2.5 per cent to minus 0.75 per cent. The effect will be an increase in the size of compensation payments, leading to significant new costs for the NHS and medical defence organisations (MDOs), such as MDDUS.
Vision for “realistic medicine” by 2025
ALL healthcare professionals in Scotland will be practising “realistic medicine” by 2025 in a bid to increase patient involvement and reduce overtreatment.
Protecting electronic patient data
DATA extraction software for patient records can speed up information requests both for insurance companies and under-pressure GPs - but practices need to ensure essential data protection standards are met.
Transgender records
...The practice is advised to explain that the patient may not be contacted for current or future screening programmes associated with the sex at birth and explain the implications of this...
Incident reporting system checklist
Use this checklist to review your current incident reporting system, or as a good practice checklist when developing or implementing a new system for your practice
Dental records management checklist
This handy risk checklist will assist dental practices in ensuring they have robust systems and processes in place to manage their patient records
Referring patients checklist
This checklist will aid your review of your current referral process and help ensure that it is as effective and safe as possible