November sees record demand in NHS England
NHS staff in England last month answered the highest number of 999 calls for any November on record, according to latest figures.
Government accepts majority of Paterson report’s recommendations
CONSULTANTS will be expected to write directly to patients – rather than to their GPs – about their care, using language that is easy to understand.
Insight Primary Q4 2021
In this issue:
- Viewpoint: Mental health - leading by example
- Call log
- Risk: Providing incident statements and reports
- Practice management: Menopause and the workplace
- Finding PPE that's fit for all
- Pitfalls in assessing fever in children
- Lowering the temperature in hostile patient encounters
- Innovation: Getting at healthcare data "locked" in NHS records
- The defiant doctor - the case of Dr Bonham
- Case study: Earache assessed remotely
- Case study: Mind your language
- Case study: Missed meningitis
- Dilemma: Alleged prescription fraud
- Ethics: On broken teapots and “holding” to account
- Book choice: Many different kinds of love - A story of life, death and the NHS
- Vignette: Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978)
Prioritise doctors’ wellbeing and training in Covid-19 recovery planning
Doctors’ wellbeing and workplace culture must be put at the heart of healthcare recovery planning in 2022, according to MDDUS.
Workload pressures pose “far-reaching consequences” says GMC
A GMC annual survey found that 23 per cent of doctors said they were planning to leave the profession, which is up from 19 per cent in 2020.
Stark decline in access to NHS dental care
FOUR in five people report struggling to access NHS dental care, including emergency treatment, according to analysis of feedback to Healthwatch.
MDDUS extends free membership and support again for six months
MDDUS has extended again its offer of free membership to retired doctors who return to work during the pandemic.
Emergency backlog
..Mr V states he “knows for a fact” that other dental surgeries are clearing their backlogs and providing routine appointments - and he is “extremely unhappy”...
A statement of fact
...Dr C asks MDDUS how to go about writing a statement for a significant clinical incident investigation...
Waiting list for scans grows
THE number of patients facing long waits for scans in England is steadily increasing month-on-month, according to figures published by NHS England.