Case file: Printed scan report
...Dr K agrees to print out a copy of his patient's CT scan report. But his line manager tells him this is not permitted...
Case file: A rare complication
...during surgery to remove kidney stones a ureteral avulsion occurs and emergency surgery is carried out to repair the damage...
Accessing patient records – when is it ok? When is it not?
Doctors are allowed to access records to provide direct patient care – but what if you need to look at a record for another reason?
Small rise in ARF for dentists
THE General Dental Council has announced that the annual retention fee (ARF) will increase by 1.5 per cent to £690 for dentists.
Remove employment barriers to tackle NHS crisis, says GMC
THE General Medical Council is calling for a relaxation in rules preventing specialty and associate specialist (SAS) and locally employed (LE) doctors from undertaking a wider range of work, such as in primary care.
Health and care system “gridlocked”
ONLY two in five people are able to leave hospital when ready to do so, which is contributing to record-breaking waits in emergency departments and dangerous ambulance handover delays, according to the Care Quality Commission.
MDDUS responds to the GMC workforce report
MDDUS chief medical officer Dr John Holden welcomes moves to reduce red tape but says more must be done to improve doctors' working conditions.
Fewer operations lead to growing NHS waiting list
THE waiting list for hospital treatment in England has reached a new record of seven million and analysis suggests this is due to fewer operations being carried out rather than a post-pandemic surge in demand.
Insight Secondary Q4 2022
In this issue:
- Probity – the hidden pitfalls
- Accessing patient records – when is it ok? When is it not?
- Advice: Unwanted advances
- Case file: Printed scan report
- Case file: Bariatric surgery consent
- Case file: A rare complication
- What does ‘safe space’ mean for NHS safety investigations?
- Ethics: Out of office – the ethics of taking a break
- First person: A long road
- Risk: Don't get caught out on indemnity
- Innovation: Real-time TB diagnosis on the street
- Viewpoint: End the silence
- Book choice: Am I normal?
- Vignette: John Boyd Orr (1880-1971)
Older patients use NHS more but complain less
MORE patients over age 55 years used the NHS in England (66 per cent) than those under 55 years (57 per cent) during the pandemic, but fewer (25 per cent) would have been willing to complain compared to under 55s (34 per cent).