Talking about money. Honestly.
Dental Business Coach Alun Rees talks about money and why we can be hesitant to discuss it with each other and with our patients
Pratice matters: Staff refusing Covid-19 vaccination
Employment law adviser Liz Symon considers the difficult question of what to do when practice staff choose not to be vaccinated against coronavirus
Call log
These cases are based on actual calls made to MDDUS advisers and are published here to highlight common challenges within dental practice. Details have been changed to maintain confidentiality.
Insight Dental Q2 2021
In this issue:
- Call log
- Pratice matters: Staff refusing Covid-19 vaccination
- Talking about money. Honestly.
- Social media risks
- Risk: Treating colleagues
- DISCover how to transform your communication
- THINGS DENTISTS SAY: “I don’t know…”
- “A responsible body of medical men”
- Nothing but the truth
- Positive thinking – one dentist’s view of the pandemic
- Case study: Nerve injury
- Case Study: Consent to treat
- Case Study: Mercury fears
- Reflective practice – ‘the giftie gie us’
- Ethics: On moral distress
- Book choice: Intensive care
- Vignette: Baldev Kaushal (1906-1992)
Guidance for clinicians on talking about dying
NEW guidance has been published to help doctors talk to patients who are coming to the end of their life.
Provide smoking cessation “opt-out” service
PATIENTS should be offered smoking cessation treatment automatically, unless they opt out, according to a new report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).
New GMC targets to tackle discrimination welcome, says MDDUS
MDDUS has welcomed the publication today (18 May 2021) of new GMC targets to tackle imbalances in Fitness to Practise referral rates for ethnic minority doctors, and to ensure fairer treatment for everyone undertaking medical training.
GDC issues statement on direct-to-consumer orthodontics
THE GDC has published an updated statement on direct-to-consumer orthodontics, reaffirming that at present there is no effective substitute for a physical examination as the foundation for clinical assessment.
New MDDUS training course - 'An Expert's Journey: how to avoid traps'
Our new training course 'An Expert's Journey: how to avoid traps' aims to support healthcare professionals to undertake expert witness work confidently.
Now is the time to reassure clinicians they will be treated fairly post Covid 19, says MDDUS
MDDUS Chief Executive Chris Kenny has responded to the announcement today (12 May) of an independent inquiry into the Covid-19 response, set to begin in Spring 2022.