Enhanced cover for cosmetic procedures
MDDUS members working as general dental practitioners can now enjoy access to indemnity for earnings up to £15,000 gross income from the provision of certain minor cosmetic facial procedures.
Insight Summer Q2 2017 puzzle solution
Solution to Insight Summer Q2 2017 crossword puzzle
Vignette: Sir Archibald Edward Garrod
Allan Gaw looks at the career of the clinician credited with the discovery of inborn errors of metabolism
Is human tissue data?
Can our tissue be owned or traded? Allan Gaw considers an ethical conundrum
Candour and colleague concerns
Doug Hamilton draws a distinction between the duty of candour and raising concerns over patient safety in dental practice
Dilemma: How do I respond to a non-compliant patient wanting a repeat prescription?
HOW do you respond to a non-compliant patient wanting a repeat prescription? Dr Gail Gilmartin offers some advice.
Doctor at the deep end
Jim Killgore chats with Dr Peter Cawston – a GP at the coalface of health and social care integration in Scotland
Briefing: An endless weekend effect?
“Evidence does exist to support a ‘weekend effect’ but the real question is how do you tease out the causes and come up with an appropriate response."
Ethics: Asking why
The ‘why’ of our behaviour reminds us what matters in a profession and a clinical encounter
Risk: Can reflective practice be “incriminating”?
ALL healthcare professionals today are actively encouraged to engage in reflective practice but some MDDUS members have expressed worries that taking part in formal procedures might "incriminate" them should a complaint or claim arise.