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First person: A Covid journey

In an extended feature, John Sadler, along with his practice partner and wife Katharine, offer a personal view on how the pandemic has affected their Glasgow private dental surgery

  • 02 December 2020
  • Article
  • Q4
  • Insight - Dental

Risk: Domestic abuse and remote consulting

HOUSEHOLD isolation measures during the pandemic have increased risks for those under threat from domestic abuse. A majority of clinical interactions now being undertaken remotely means reduced opportunities to recognise and act on cases

  • 02 December 2020
  • Article
  • Q4
  • Insight - Dental

Good record keeping essential with remote consulting

MDDUS has seen a rise in calls from members concerned about treating patients safely in remote consultations. One way to manage risk is to ensure that record keeping is clear, sufficiently detailed, accurate and contemporaneous

  • 02 December 2020
  • Article
  • Q4
  • Insight - Dental

Practice matters: Holiday quarantine

Employment law adviser Janice Sibbald offers advice for managers dealing with employees facing quarantine restrictions on return from holiday

  • 02 December 2020
  • Article
  • Q4
  • Insight - Dental

Advice: New CQC regulatory approach for dental practices

The CQC’s new regulatory approach for dental practices has now started

  • 02 December 2020
  • Article
  • Q4
  • Insight - Dental

Viewpoint: Covid-19 has caused regulatory corners to be cut

MDDUS CEO Chris Kenny spoke at a recent Professional Standards Authority symposium, looking at some of the key changes that regulators have made in response to the pandemic.

  • 01 December 2020
  • Article
  • Q4
  • Insight - Dental

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.

  • 01 December 2020
  • Article
  • Q4
  • Insight - Dental

Covid-19 brings rise in antibiotic prescribing by dental practices

ANTIBIOTIC prescribing by dentists in England between April to July 2020 was 25 per cent higher than the same period in 2019, with a peak in June 2020, according to data analysed by researchers at the University of Manchester.

  • 30 November 2020
  • News

Majority of GPs struggling to provide sufficient level of care

MORE than 80 per cent of GPs have struggled to provide a patient with a sufficient level of care in 2020, according to new figures from the General Medical Council.

  • 30 November 2020
  • News

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