Insight Secondary Q4 2022
In this issue:
- Probity – the hidden pitfalls
- Accessing patient records – when is it ok? When is it not?
- Advice: Unwanted advances
- Case file: Printed scan report
- Case file: Bariatric surgery consent
- Case file: A rare complication
- What does ‘safe space’ mean for NHS safety investigations?
- Ethics: Out of office – the ethics of taking a break
- First person: A long road
- Risk: Don't get caught out on indemnity
- Innovation: Real-time TB diagnosis on the street
- Viewpoint: End the silence
- Book choice: Am I normal?
- Vignette: John Boyd Orr (1880-1971)
Older patients use NHS more but complain less
MORE patients over age 55 years used the NHS in England (66 per cent) than those under 55 years (57 per cent) during the pandemic, but fewer (25 per cent) would have been willing to complain compared to under 55s (34 per cent).
"Hidden waits" drive mental health patients to emergency services
MORE than three quarters of mental health patients waiting for NHS appointments have been forced to seek emergency support from A&E and other crisis services, new figures suggest.
NHS England moves to ease demand with new GP assistants
NHS England is recruiting over a thousand GP assistants from this month to offer admin support in hard-pressed practices.
Rise in NHS talking therapies
THE number of NHS patients accessing talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression has risen by over a fifth.
Funding boost for regulation of digital mental health tools
RESEARCH into the regulation of digital mental health tools in the UK has been given a £1.8 million funding boost by the charity Wellcome.
Wrist injury
...Over a month later Ms P is still experiencing pain in her wrist and is referred to an orthopaedic clinic. X-rays reveal a wrist fracture that has partially healed...
Lip trauma
...The dentist states that had there been any lip trauma or acid etch gel touching the tissues he would have advised Mr G immediately and recorded this in the clinical notes...
Insight Secondary Q4 2021
In this issue:
- Viewpoint: Looking after our own
- Finding PPE that's fit for all
- Innovation: Getting at healthcare data "locked" in NHS records
- Reducing risk in clinical handover
- Risk: What's up with WhatsApp?
- Improving self awareness to reduce risk
- A difficult decision - the case of Anthony Bland
- Medical case study: A statement of fact
- Medical case study: Misleading melanoma
- Medical case study: Wound care accusation
- Ethics: On meeting ethical distress
- Book choice: The Sleeping Beauties - And Other Stories of Mystery Illness
- Vignette: Pat O'Callaghan (1906-1991)
Providing incident statements and reports
Engaging in incident investigations can seem daunting but it is important to provide any required statement or report in a clear, detailed and objective manner
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