‘Virtual clinics’ part of future vision for GPs
GPs will soon be running virtual clinics and routinely consulting with patients online, according to the RCGP’s vision of general practice in 2022.
Is obesity a disability?
THE courts have recently reopened a debate which has been raging for some time in the UK courts and amongst employers. Is obesity a disability in itself?
Together for better or worse
Michael Royden of Thorntons Law offers some advice on dental partnership disputes – avoid them where you can, resolve them where you can’t
Lessons from across the North Sea
What can Danish TV drama Borgen teach us about ethics?
Curing the NHS
Campaigner Julie Bailey talks about her fight to improve NHS care.
Vignette: paediatrician and researcher Richard Worthington Smithells
Paediatrician and researcher Richard Worthington Smithells
A good death
In the first of a two-part series Euan Paterson, a Macmillan GP facilitator, discusses the challenges of providing high-quality palliative care in the community
Clinical academic numbers increase
THE number of clinical academics in UK medical schools has risen by almost five per cent in the past five years.
Dentists must encourage staff to raise concerns, new guidance says
DENTAL teams must be encouraged to raise concerns about patient safety, according to new guidance from the General Dental Council.
Medication errors common in inpatient diabetes care
OVER a third of hospital inpatients with diabetes experienced a medication error during five-day audit conducted by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.