Not texting
...Mrs G complains that the attending GP did not provide adequate treatment for her daughter and showed a lack of regard for her concerns, at one point in the consultation reaching for her smartphone to text someone...
Jobs shortage confirmed for 2015
THE foundation programme beginning in August 2015 is oversubscribed for the fifth year in a row, it has been announced.
Juniors’ contract talks stall
NEGOTIATIONS between the BMA and the government over junior doctors’ contracts have broken down.
Tougher test for overseas doctors coming to UK
OVERSEAS doctors who want to practise in the UK are to face more robust tests, the General Medical Council has announced.
Risk reduction: monitoring of chronic diseases
Regular readers of our risk blogs will be aware by now that missed or delayed diagnoses are associated with a large proportion of medical negligence claims in general practice, as evidenced in the analysis of MDDUS case files.
GDC faces judicial review as ARF decision approaches
THE British Dental Association has initiated judicial review proceedings against the GDC for "failing to provide clear evidence" to justify a proposed 64 per cent rise in its Annual Retention Fee (ARF).
Reducing risk - making yourself available (in more ways than one)
Working on November’s video module – Human factor risks: team communication – had me reflecting on what being available and accessible to the healthcare team actually means for a clinician. Availability and accessibility can be fairly complex issues and a lack of clinician accessibility can influence risk.
Early diagnosis difficult in lung cancer
NEARLY one in three UK lung cancer patients dies within three months of diagnosis despite having consulted numerous times with GPs prediagnosis, according to research published in the journal Thorax.
MHRA warning on bogus dental equipment
OVER 12,000 different pieces of poor quality dental equipment imported into the UK from China and Pakistan and sold on auction websites such as eBay, Amazon and Alibaba have been seized by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the past six months.
New guidance on decision-making in CPR
NEW guidance on making decisions about attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been published.