Q&A: Nicola Sturgeon MSP
Q&A with Nicola Sturgeon MSP
MDDUS: Being there
What do doctors and dentists want from a defence organisation? CEO of MDDUS Professor Gordon Dickson highlights results of a recent survey and the broader implications.
Ensure adequate chaperoning to prevent sex assault claims
Complaints of sexual assault by patients are not uncommon. Doctors should always offer a chaperone wherever possible.
A nip too far - medical case study
...the surgeon mistakenly cut off too much skin around his eye. The patient needed grafts and suffered scarring...
Heath and safety: happy birthday H&S
THOUSANDS of people owe their lives and millions more owe their health to a piece of legislation which celebrated its 35th birthday this year
Records: off the record
Transfer of electronic patient records.
Practice profile: dodging sheep and other hazards
MDDUS editor Jim Killgore visits a remote and rural medical practice in the Scottish Highlands.
Speak up
Risk training consultant and former pilot Phil Higton warns that failure to recognise and manage 'authority gradients' in your practice can sometimes have serious consequences.
Thinking local
The new Personal Medical Services contract promised great things for GP practices when it first launched. Joanne Curran looks at its impact.