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?
Too many patients fall into “referral black hole”
A SURVEY from Healthwatch England found that around one in five patients with a primary care referral had to return to their GP having not been seen.
“Shameful“ number of hospital tooth extractions for children
PREVENTABLE tooth decay caused almost 27,000 children to undergo extractions in hospital, new government figures for England show.
Government pledges to clamp down on NHS Trusts not providing round the clock access to food for doctors
The Government will force NHS Trusts in England to make food and drink available to healthcare workers round the clock if Trusts fail to deliver the national standards introduced last year.
Scope of practice not just a prescribed list of tasks, says GDC
A NEW consultation on the revision of existing scope of practice guidance has been launched by the General Dental Council with the aim of making it “less prescriptive and more adaptable”.
Step closer in regulation of anaesthesia associates and physician associates
A CONSULTATION on new draft legislation that will allow the GMC to regulate anaesthesia associates (AAs) and physician associates (PAs) has been launched by the The Department of Health and Social Care.
GMC campaign to tackle bias in its work
A NUMBER of changes are being made to reduce the risk of bias in the way the General Medical Council operates.
Revised launch date for revamped HSIB
ESTABLISHMENT of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) and the Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations Special Health Authority (MNSI) will be delayed for six months.
NHS England looks to virtual wards to help ease pressure on emergency care
UP to 50,000 people a month to be supported by clinicians at home in “high-tech virtual wards” as part of NHS England plans for urgent and emergency care.