Chair appointed in Liverpool Care Pathway review
A GOVERNMENT review into how the Liverpool Care Pathway is being used in practice will be led by crossbench peer Baroness Julia Neuberger.
Don’t criminalise drug dependency says BMA
THERE should be a greater focus on reducing the harm caused by illegal drugs rather than criminalising users says a new BMA report published this month.
Probing alcohol use poses ethical dilemmas for doctors
Assessing alcohol intake in patients is an essential element in clinical history taking and examination but it can also bring potential ethical dilemmas for doctors, says UK-wide medical defence organisation MDDUS.
"Phase-down" of dental amalgam
A COMPLETE phase-out of dental amalgam is not on the cards after a new UN treaty on mercury pollution calls for "phase-down" over an appropriate period of time.
Doctors to use common sense for home visits in the snow
Doctors are advised to adopt a common-sense approach to home visits during the current severe winter weather.
Patients to rate doctors on service
PATIENTS are to be given the power to rate the service provided by their doctor under new plans announced by the prime minister.
If It’s not in the records, then it didn't happen
Keeping clear, accurate and contemporaneous dental records is key to dentists staying out of professional difficulties, advises UK-wide dental defence organisation MDDUS.
Doctors to help protect vulnerable children
HOSPITAL doctors are to have access to a new system to help them identify victims of child abuse, the government has announced.
Call to curb aggressive marketing in cosmetic surgery
TIGHTER restrictions on aggressive marketing ploys to attract cosmetic surgery patients are among the responses to a Call for Evidence in a Government review of regulations for cosmetic interventions.