Advice on clinicians refusing Covid-19 vaccination
Proposed mandatory vaccination in England may now be off - but what needs to be considered when healthcare professionals decline the offer of a Covid-19 vaccine?
April 2022 planned “go live” for patient access to online records
PATIENTS in England with the NHS App or other online accounts are to be provided digital access from April 2022 to all new entries in their GP health records. April 2022 “go live” for patient access to online records. Practices should be prepared.
Genetic disclosure
...Genetic testing has revealed a chromosomal abnormality which could lead to serious health effects in her family, but Mrs R is estranged from her children and refuses to inform them...
Alleged wrong extraction
...The dentist believes a translator might have helped avoid confusion over the proposed treatment plan...
Keep complaint records separate
How organisations go about resolving patient complaints will vary depending on the circumstances - but one often overlooked aspect is documenting such matters.
Humza Yousaf opens new MDDUS office in Glasgow
Scotland’s leading defence organisation for doctors and dentists has moved its operations to a new, central Glasgow location.
Cancer report shows increased five-year survival in children
FIVE-YEAR survival rates for patients age 0-14 increased by nearly 10 per cent in period from 2002 to 2019, according a new report from NHS Digital.
Racism in the NHS a ‘debilitating’ problem, says BMA
A SURVEY conducted by the BMA has found that over 90 per cent of Black and Asian respondents, 73 per cent mixed and 64 per cent of White respondents said racism in the medical profession is an issue.
Surgical teams in England will struggle to meet new targets
SURGICAL teams will face a "big challenge" to eliminate the number of NHS patients in England waiting more than two years for consultant-led hospital treatment by July, warns the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Insight Dental Q1 2022
In this issue:
- Call log
- Practice management: Menopause and the workplace
- Advice: Snakes and ladders – the path to success
- Risk: Disclosure of dental patient records
- Coping with Covid – the top 6 challenges
- Referrals - who, why, when, how?
- Resilient practice – addressing human factors
- Pitfalls in short-term orthodontics
- Dental case study: Antibiotic cover
- Dental case study: Alleged wrong extraction
- Ethics: On broken teapots and “holding” to account
- Book choice: Many different kinds of love - A story of life, death and the NHS
- Vignette: Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978)