Risk: Altering patient notes
CLINICAL notes are accepted as an important record of the encounters between medical or dental staff and their patients. Altering them in a less than honest or straightforward way can result in serious consequences.
Briefing: The state of indemnity
CEO Chris Kenny offer an MDDUS take on Government plans for state-back indemnity for GPs in England
MDDUS welcomes regulation reform
MDDUS has welcomed a new consultation on reform of the regulation of healthcare professionals.
Antibiotics – damned if you do…
CERTAIN things are sadly inevitable as winter approaches, including the upsurge in demand for antibiotics. How do you balance that with the risks of overprescribing?
Missed gallstones
...Over the following six weeks he attends the practice three more times and is examined by two different GPs who also diagnose constipation...
Effective antibiotic use can halve superbug infections
PROGRAMMES to ensure effective use of antibiotics can halve the number of hospital infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Annual GDC renewal for dentists
ANNUAL GDC registration renewal for dentists has opened with a final deadline of 31 December.
Discontinuity of care linked to emergency admission risk
A LACK of continuity in the primary care of patients over age 65 has been linked to a higher risk of emergency hospital admission, according to a new study.
Complaints handling processes risk doctors' health
POOR processes and prolonged timescales in the investigation of GMC and other complaints against doctors are associated with decreased psychological welfare and increased defensive practice, according to a study published in BMJ Open.