MDDUS welcomes updated GMC guidance on prescribing and managing medicines and devices
MDDUS has welcomed the publication today (18 February 2021) of updated GMC guidance which comes into effect in six weeks' time on 5 April 2021 on prescribing and managing medicines and devices.
Smartphone app to detect kidney disease
PATIENTS with diabetes and high blood pressure will be able to test for kidney disease at home and send results to their GP using a smartphone app.
Book choice: Duty of care
Book review by Dr Greg Dollman
Wellbeing: Lockdown self care
MDDUS medico-legal adviser Dr Emily Shepherd and her dachshund Daphne explain in a short video how she looks after her mental health and wellbeing
Insight Dental Q1 2021
In this issue:
- Call log
- Practice matters: Alcohol and the workplace
- Top tips for improving patient communication
- GDC: The best possible outcome
- Risk: Covert recording in a time of Covid
- Surviving the 'coronacoaster'
- THINGS DENTISTS SAY: "If it happened again, I would do exactly the same..."
- Feature: The story of a vaccination
- Case study: Unstable implant
- Case study: Domiciliary dental care
- Case study: Bone loss
- Ethics: The "round hole" problem
- Wellbeing: Lockdown self care
- Book choice: Duty of care
Guide for public on Covid-19 testing
A GUIDE to Covid-19 testing for patients and the public has been published by the Royal College of Pathologists.
Radiotherapy teams adapt to significant Covid-19 impact
DELIVERY of radiotherapy treatment was significantly impacted during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the number of new treatment courses down 19.9 per cent in April 2020 compared to the same month in 2019.
End-of-life guide for acute care
A NEW acute care resource on managing patients at the end of life has been published by the Royal College of Physicians London in collaboration with the Society of Acute Medicine.
Frontline staff urged to take up Covid-19 vaccination
FRONTLINE health and social care workers in England have been urged to get the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine when offered in a letter signed by leading professionals.
Five out of 10 family doctors tempted to quit NHS
FIVE out of 10 family doctors say they are tempted to quit general practice due to the impact of working during the pandemic, according to a new survey by MDDUS.