Pledge for faster access to new treatments from NICE
PATIENTS will have speedier access to the latest treatments and innovations, NICE has pledged.
Impact of Covid-19 must be factored into regulators' decision-making
MDDUS has again backed calls for the impact of Covid-19 to be factored into regulators' decision making, in light of a new Professional Standards Authority report, Learning from Covid-19.
Mental health crisis hits youth hard
REFERRALS of children and young people to mental health services in England between April and December last year increased by 28 per cent compared to the same period in 2019, according to analysis by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Majority of doctors predict NHS backlogs well into 2022
NEARLY 60 per cent of doctors think it will take at least 18 months for the NHS to recover from the pandemic, with 30 per cent predicting it will take over two years.
Insight Secondary Q2 2021
In this issue:
- Viewpoint: Fine balance needed with remote consultations
- The pitfalls of treating colleagues
- MDDUS Solutions: A new choice for doctors
- Social media risks
- Nothing but the truth
- Making decisions about CPR
- “A responsible body of medical men”
- Case study - Colleague intervention
- Case study - Expert evidence
- Case study - Unseen complication
- Reflective practice
- Ethics: On moral distress
- Book choice: Intensive care
- Vignette: Baldev Kaushal (1906-1992)
Vignette: Baldev Kaushal (1906-1992)
Punjabi-born East End GP honoured for his war services
“A responsible body of medical men”
Courts often rely on the Bolam test when considering claims of clinical negligence. But who was Mr Bolam and how did his legal case change medical practice?
Case study - Expert evidence
...The patient alleges that Dr A's delay in making a referral allowed the tumour to progress from stage 1 to stage 2 but the expert disagrees...
Case study - Unseen complication
...It is alleged that the use of thermal energy during the prostate surgery was unsafe and caused a rectal injury...
Reflective practice
MDDUS medical adviser Dr Caroline Osborne-White provides some helpful FAQs on reflective practice