Not just an academic exercise
Claire Renton suggests how dental audit can be more than just a box-ticking exercise
The Olympic ideal
Like athletes, dentists are often seen as role models in society. But are they more ethical than our sporting heroes?
Dealing with dentures
They may not be ideal but dentures are the only option for many patients. Doug Hamilton offers some hints on managing expectations and more
Devil is in the detail of lab slips for dentists
Dentists in Scotland who fail to complete laboratory slips accurately risk a loss of earnings and even allegations of fraud, says dental defence organisation MDDUS.
Can my doctor be my Facebook friend?
If you can trust your doctor with your life, can you be their Facebook friend?
Graduates should be fully registered doctors, report says
TRAINEES should be fully registered as doctors when they graduate from medical school rather than at the end of their first year of foundation training, according to an ambitious new report.
EU reform on cross-border clinicians
AN alert system will be introduced across Europe requiring health regulators to warn each other within three days when a doctor or other health professional has been removed from a medical or dental register or had restrictions placed on his or her practice.
Guidance needed for trainees using smartphones at work
TRAINEE doctors need advice on how to protect patient safety when using their smartphone at work, according to new research.
Juniors need ED consultant support
THE majority of care in emergency departments should be delivered by consultants rather than “inexperienced” junior doctors.
Keogh proposes radical reform in urgent and emergency care
A FUNDAMENTAL shift is needed in the provision of "urgent care" services in the NHS to reduce the strain on A&E centres, according to a first phase review published this month by the National Medical Director of NHS England.