Good practice in consent for GPs
This course is aimed at GPs and is designed to build on the requirements associated with obtaining valid consent.
Team communication checklist
Use this checklist with your team to measure how well you engage and communicate with each other.
Records management checklist
This checklist can help to review the way your practice manages the integrity and security of patient records.
Clinical dental record keeping
This checklist can help to review the way your practice manages patient records, to ensure record keeping complies with General Dental Council and other good practice guidance.
Results handling checklist
Use this checklist to review your results handling procedures in order to avoid common medicolegal errors
Confidentiality checklist
Use this checklist to identify any risks in how your team maintain patient confidentiality
Duty of candour checklist
Use this checklist to check whether you and your team have the necessary knowledge and processes in place
Worrying lump
...Dr J undertakes an examination and finds a "2 cm non-tender subcut lump under right axilla". She prescribes antibiotics and asks the patient to return for review...
Can reflective practice be “incriminating”?
Reflective practice is a common tool for maintaining good practice – but many healthcare professionals have raised concerns that taking part in these formal procedures might "incriminate" them should a complaint or claim arise.
New assessment tool for bowel cancer risk in younger patients
A RISK assessment tool to support GPs in identifying serious bowel conditions, including cancer, in patients under age 50 has been published in the British Journal of General Practice.