Report highlights variations in healthcare for children
A newly published report by the NHS in England highlights wide regional variations in some healthcare services for children.
Doctors with extra responsibilities to promote openness
UK-wide medical defence organisation MDDUS welcomes new GMC guidance requiring doctors with management responsibilities to encourage staff to be open and honest when raising patient safety concerns.
Does your dental practice website meet new GDC criteria?
Dentists are urged to review their practice websites to ensure they comply with strict new GDC guidance.
Trainees from certain schools pass more exams
JUNIOR doctors from a handful of medical schools are more likely to pass specialist training exams, new research shows.
Hospitals employ more senior doctors
THE NHS is employing more consultants and senior doctors, with fewer posts available for locums, new figures reveal.
A duty of openness
New published GMC guidance highlights again the responsibily that healthcare professionals in management positions have toward staff raising concerns over patient safety.
Doctors can provide records to patients seeking assisted suicide
DOCTORS are allowed to supply medical records to patients who wish to end their lives provided they do not encourage them to do so, according to new draft guidance from the General Medical Council.
Hospital continuity of care ‘poor’
Over a quarter (28 per cent) of consultant physicians rate continuity of care at their hospital as poor or very poor according to a survey carried out this month by the Royal College of Physicians.
Update your website to ensure GDC compliance
New GDC guidance on ethical advertising comes into effect with some very detailed requirements on how dental practices promote their services.
Patient complaints top concern for doctors
PATIENT complaints were the big issue for doctors who contacted MDDUS for advice in 2011.