Profile: Under pressure
A conversation with doctor and author Stephen Hearns on the challenges of performing in high-pressure situations
Creating positive change
Is your team truly learning from adverse incidents? MDDUS senior risk adviser Liz Price offers some reflections based on our experience in working with hospital doctors on patient safety topics
Case study - Hernia repair
...Mr K claims he was unaware he'd be undergoing open surgery and did not understand the risks...
Safe working and delegation in difficult times
Managing risks during the coronavirus pandemic.
Turning the other cheek?
What should doctors do when confronted by racist behaviour from patients? Risk adviser Kay Louise Grant offers advice
Raising concerns amidst COVID-19
Doctors have a responsibility to raise concerns even in times of crisis.
Insight Secondary Q2 2020
In this issue:
- Raising concerns amidst COVID-19
- Remote consulting in the coronavirus outbreak
- Safe working and delegation in difficult times
- Turning the other cheek?
- Profile: Under pressure
- Creating positive change
- Case study - Hernia repair
- ETHICS: It's the small things
- Book choice: The Body
- Vignette: Margaret Fairlie (1891-1963)
Vignette: Margaret Fairlie (1891-1963)
First female professorial chair in Scotland
Book choice: The Body
Book review by Dr Greg Dollman
Follow NICE guidelines on managing severe breathlessness in COVID-19
THE GMC has released a statement encouraging doctors to follow NICE guidance on the use of an opioid-benzodiazepine combination for patients with coronavirus who are suffering moderate to severe breathlessness.