A statement from MDDUS on the announcement of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
MDDUS wish to record our gratitude for the role Her Majesty played in public life throughout her lifetime.
Dental case study: Persistent gingival swelling
...Mrs L, a smoker, presents with painful swollen and bleeding gums, and swollen lymph nodes. The dentist suspects periodontal infection...
Medical case study: Iatrogenic stroke
...Mr A questions why a blood-thinning drug was prescribed to a patient clearly at risk of stroke...
Don't get caught out on indemnity cover
You wouldn't drive a car or go on an expensive holiday without insurance, so it's vital healthcare professionals don't practise without appropriate indemnity cover in place.
NHS to move away from blame culture in patient safety incidents
THE NHS should focus on learning from patient safety incidents rather than looking to blame individuals, according to a major new piece of guidance.
Locums – indemnity, insurance or neither?
Dr Richard Brittain offers answers to some of the key questions commonly asked by locum doctors.
Diagnosis and prescribing key negligence risk areas, report shows
IMPROVING diagnosis and prescribing processes are key to achieving better patient outcomes in general practice, a report from NHS Resolution has found.
Insight Dental Q3 2022
In this issue:
- Viewpoint: A lifetime perspective
- Call log
- Practice management: One of my employees is pregnant – what do we both need to do?
- Advice: "VUCA” – and the secret to surviving in uncertain times
- Professional pitfalls in social media use
- Clinical photography: know the risks
- Dental tourism: picking up the pieces
- Helping homeless people smile again
- Pitfalls in the management of dental trauma
- Dental case study: Exercising clinical judgement
- Dental case study: Fractured tuberosity
- Dental case study: Persistent gingival swelling
- Feature: How the physician to the gladiators became the father of modern medicine
- Ethics: A girl I used to know - on Derry Girls and ethical development
- Book choice: Hybrid Humans - Dispatches from the frontiers of man and machine
- Vignette: John T Shepherd (1919-2011)
Clinical photography: know the risks
Clinical photography is a common feature of dental practice – but are you aware of the risks? Dental adviser Neena Manek offers advice.
Dental tourism: picking up the pieces
Travelling overseas in search of the perfect smile has become a growing trend. But what are dentists' obligations regarding patients who have sought dental treatment abroad? Dental adviser Moira Duncan explains.