Rise in NHS talking therapies
THE number of NHS patients accessing talking therapies for conditions such as anxiety and depression has risen by over a fifth.
Funding boost for regulation of digital mental health tools
RESEARCH into the regulation of digital mental health tools in the UK has been given a £1.8 million funding boost by the charity Wellcome.
Case file: Reduced treatment time
...Dr S points out that Mr V was 10 minutes late for a 15-minute appointment slot, leaving only five minutes for assessment and treatment...
Adding “violence warning markers” to patient records
It may be tempting to add a warning marker or alert to aggressive patients' records, but MDDUS urges caution
New guides to help surgeons defend against negligence claims
NEW best practice guides to documenting common surgical procedures aim to help NHS teams in England defend against claims of negligence or poor practice.
Vignette: John Boyd Orr (1880-1971)
John Boyd Orr - Physician, nutritionist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
First person: A long road
Professor John Gibson tells how he and his family responded to their grief over a devastating loss by undertaking an audacious challenge to raise awareness of suicide prevention.
Wellbeing: Did I sign up for this?
Medical practice adviser Mimi Salgado offers a perspective and advice on handling the stress that comes with being a practice manager.
Data protection: Recording telephone consultations with patients
Practices often record telephone calls but do you adequately inform patients of this – and what about data protection?
Ethics: Out of office – the ethics of taking a break
To ensure that staff take holidays is to avoid ethical dissonance between the rhetoric of ‘wellbeing’ and the realities of burnout and breakdown.