Racism in the NHS a ‘debilitating’ problem, says BMA
A SURVEY conducted by the BMA has found that over 90 per cent of Black and Asian respondents, 73 per cent mixed and 64 per cent of White respondents said racism in the medical profession is an issue.
Surgical teams in England will struggle to meet new targets
SURGICAL teams will face a "big challenge" to eliminate the number of NHS patients in England waiting more than two years for consultant-led hospital treatment by July, warns the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Insight Dental Q1 2022
In this issue:
- Call log
- Practice management: Menopause and the workplace
- Advice: Snakes and ladders – the path to success
- Risk: Disclosure of dental patient records
- Coping with Covid – the top 6 challenges
- Referrals - who, why, when, how?
- Resilient practice – addressing human factors
- Pitfalls in short-term orthodontics
- Dental case study: Antibiotic cover
- Dental case study: Alleged wrong extraction
- Ethics: On broken teapots and “holding” to account
- Book choice: Many different kinds of love - A story of life, death and the NHS
- Vignette: Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978)
Dental case study: Antibiotic cover
...Ms G has an autoimmune condition and believes she should've been given antibiotics as a precaution against infection...
Resilient practice – addressing human factors
Head of training Liz Price discusses how ‘human factors’ hold the key to creating safer systems.
Dental case study: Alleged wrong extraction
...The dentist believes a translator may have helped avoid confusion over the patient's proposed treatment plan...
Book choice: Many different kinds of love - A story of life, death and the NHS
Book review by Dr Greg Dollman
Pitfalls in short-term orthodontics
Orthodontist Peter J McCallum explores the pitfalls in short-term orthodontics.
Vignette: Innes Hope Pearse (1889-1978)
Co-founder of the Peckham Experiment that studied health in a social context
Ethics: On broken teapots and “holding” to account
Professor Deborah Bowman considers the case of a broken teapot and what it means to be accountable for one’s mistakes.