RCGP signals warning on timescale for online record access
NHS England must carefully consider the 1 November timescale for granting patients automatic access to their prospective records, says the Royal College of GPs.
Ethics: Out of office – the ethics of taking a break
To ensure that staff take holidays is to avoid ethical dissonance between the rhetoric of ‘wellbeing’ and the realities of burnout and breakdown.
Vignette: John Boyd Orr (1880-1971)
John Boyd Orr - Physician, nutritionist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Viewpoint: End the silence
We need to talk about suicide.
Book choice: Am I normal?
Review of the new book by Sarah Chaney.
First person: A long road
Professor John Gibson tells how he and his family responded to their grief over a devastating loss by undertaking an audacious challenge to raise awareness of suicide prevention.
Advice: Unwanted advances
How would you deal with the difficult situation of a patient making romantic advances?
Case file: Bariatric surgery consent
...Mr G says he would not have had the surgery if he had been adequately warned of the potential risks...
What does ‘safe space’ mean for NHS safety investigations?
In April 2023, a small but ground-breaking step will be taken in patient safety investigations.
Case file: A rare complication
...during surgery to remove kidney stones a ureteral avulsion occurs and emergency surgery is carried out to repair the damage...