Risk reduction: monitoring of chronic diseases
Regular readers of our risk blogs will be aware by now that missed or delayed diagnoses are associated with a large proportion of medical negligence claims in general practice, as evidenced in the analysis of MDDUS case files.
GDC faces judicial review as ARF decision approaches
THE British Dental Association has initiated judicial review proceedings against the GDC for "failing to provide clear evidence" to justify a proposed 64 per cent rise in its Annual Retention Fee (ARF).
Reducing risk - making yourself available (in more ways than one)
Working on November’s video module – Human factor risks: team communication – had me reflecting on what being available and accessible to the healthcare team actually means for a clinician. Availability and accessibility can be fairly complex issues and a lack of clinician accessibility can influence risk.
Early diagnosis difficult in lung cancer
NEARLY one in three UK lung cancer patients dies within three months of diagnosis despite having consulted numerous times with GPs prediagnosis, according to research published in the journal Thorax.
MHRA warning on bogus dental equipment
OVER 12,000 different pieces of poor quality dental equipment imported into the UK from China and Pakistan and sold on auction websites such as eBay, Amazon and Alibaba have been seized by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the past six months.
New guidance on decision-making in CPR
NEW guidance on making decisions about attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been published.
MDDUS dental membership continues to grow
Medical and dental defence organisation MDDUS is reporting a 40 per cent increase in their market share of dentists in England since the year 2000.
A most serious case indeed
What began with a simple work-related injury in 1902 would end a year later with a death, a court case and a piece of medico-legal history. Allan Gaw investigates. Feature article from Summons Autumn 2014
ETHICS: An ethical ecology
Deborah Bowman considers the notion of ethical discretion.
Vignette: Medical publisher Charles Hawkins Craig Macmillan (1902 – 1984)
Vignette article on the life of medical publisher Charles Hawkins Craig Macmillan.