Winners unveiled at BMJ Awards 2013
THE very best of patient care was celebrated at the BMJ Awards in London on May 9.
Dentists without indemnity risk erasure
UK-wide dental defence organisation MDDUS is reminding dentists of their obligation to have professional indemnity cover in place – or risk erasure from the dental register.
GPs should not police immigration, says RCGP
GPs should not be used as a new “border agency” to police access to the NHS, the RCGP has said.
New sharps regulations take effect
NEW regulations requiring UK healthcare employers and contractors to have effective arrangements for the safe use and disposal of sharps have come into force this month.
New rules to speed up GMC hearings
A SERIES of measures aimed at speeding up GMC fitness to practise hearings have been introduced.
MDDUS recruits new advisers to meet growing membership
Medical defence organisation MDDUS has recruited three additional advisers to meet the continued growth in members throughout the UK.
NHS hospitals don’t ‘listen and learn from patients’, says Ombudsman
POOR explanations and a failure to acknowledge mistakes are among the key reasons hospital patients take their complaints to the Ombudsman.
Chaperone guidance revised
Doctors can help avoid complaints of inappropriate behaviour by following new GMC guidance on chaperones.
Concerns over doctors’ Twitter anonymity
CONCERNS have been raised that doctors’ freedom of expression could be restricted by new social media guidance from the General Medical Council.
Caller ID - medical case study
...the caller asks for test results, then admits she is the patient's mother...