HR Alert: The big changes to look out for in 2023
A NUMBER of pieces of legislation are being considered this year which could have big implications for UK practices and their teams.
Ask the Expert: Do I need to give staff extra bank holidays?
Does the practice need to give staff yet another new bank holiday? We're already struggling with workload.
Digital mental health therapies offer promise of wider access
DIGITALLY enabled therapies offering wider access to NHS mental health services for patients with depression and anxiety disorders have been conditionally recommended by NICE in new draft guidance.
Insight Secondary Q2 2023
In this issue:
- 10 questions to ask before giving feedback
- Risk: When a patient refuses a chaperone
- Innovation: Online tool reduces disparities in pregnancy risk assessment
- The mission to make the NHS greener
- Advice for junior doctor members during industrial action
- Feature: A more perfect language than that of words - the inspiring figure behind the Hunterian Museum, London
- Case file: Just a sprain
- Case file: Threshold for a GMC investigation
- Case file: Disputed consent for surgery
- Dilemma: Consent and Gillick competence
- Ethics: The human touch
- Viewpoint: Tackling race hate - a challenge the NHS cannot ignore
- Vignette: John Alcindor (1873-1924)
New clinical statements address pneumonia in people with learning disability
HIGH morbidity and mortality in aspiration and community acquired pneumonia among patients with learning disability and autism has prompted publication of two new guidance statements from the British Thoracic Society (BTS).
NHS plan to further reduce opioid prescribing
OPIOID painkiller prescriptions in England have fallen by 8 per cent in the last three years according to NHS data released with publication of a new action plan to “crack down” on the overuse of potentially-addictive medicines.
Acting as a witness for dentists
This course aims to build knowledge on the requirements associated with giving evidence as a professional witness across the various legal systems in the UK.
GDC changes to fitness to practise processes are “pragmatic and sensible”, says MDDUS
MDDUS Head of Dental Division Stephen Henderson said the changes would bring significant improvements for registrants.
Insight Primary Q1 2023
In this issue:
- Feature: Rediscovering the joy of general practice
- Practice systems: Making “new normal” the norm
- Practice management: Do we need to give staff an extra bank holiday in May?
- Call log
- Pitfalls: Diagnosing malignant melanoma
- Altering clinical records – do’s and don’ts
- Being prepared for unexpected medical emergencies
- Innovation: Virtual wards in action
- Case file: Alleged falsification of notes
- Case file: Dispute over referral letter
- Case file: Twisted ankle
- Feature: A more perfect language than that of words
- Risk: Burnout risks patient safety
- Dilemma: Consent and Gillick competence
- Ethics: The human touch
- Vignette: John Alcindor (1873-1924)
Being prepared for unexpected medical emergencies
Would you know what to do if the practice was asked for access to its defibrillator?