Smoking-related cancer higher in lower income groups
NEARLY twice as many cases of cancer in England have been linked to smoking in the lowest income group compared to the highest, according recent data from Cancer Research UK.
Worrying level of abuse directed at healthcare staff
A BMA survey has found that over a third of doctors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have suffered recent abuse from patients or those close to them.
Faculty joins new College of Dentistry
THE Faculty of General Dental Practice UK has celebrated a landmark moment as it officially joined the new College of General Dentistry (CGD).
Insight Secondary Q3 2021
In this issue:
- Viewpoint: Doctors need time to rest, reflect and recover
- Innovation: Smartphone technology in chronic disease management
- Regulation: Clinicians refusing coronavirus vaccination
- Confidentiality: Parental responsibility - getting it right
- Dilemma: Making yourself your first concern
- Profile: On the inside: Covid-19
- DISCover how to transform your communication
- Human factors: Civility saves lives
- Case study - Consent not implied
- Case study - Difficult cannulation
- Case study - Smartphone recording
- Ethics: On hypocrisy
- Book choice: The Doctor Who Fooled the World
- Vignette: Lilian Lindsay (1871 - 1960)
Treatment abroad
...The patient asks his UK dentist – Dr U – to re-cement the bridge permanently without further endodontic treatment...
Consent not implied
...Dr P, aware that Mrs K is “exhausted and traumatised” by the birth, decides it would be unreasonable to disturb her in the middle of night...
Safety netting
How can you ensure a robust system where nothing important is missed?
Protection for English FY2s in Scottish GP practice
MDDUS has agreed to provide additional protection for FY2 doctors from England who are working in GP practices in Scotland.
MDDUS protection for owners of corporate dental practices
MDDUS Solutions has launched a new Dental Corporate Clinical Indemnity (DCCI) product, specifically designed to fill the gap in vicarious liability cover.
Report reveals scale of under representation and discrimination against BME doctors
DOCTORS in England from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds now comprise 42 per cent of the NHS total, while the number of BME medical directors has increased to only 20.3 per cent.