Insight Secondary Q3 2023
In this issue:
- Leadership: Managing change - 10 essential tactics
- Candour: Is it safe to apologise?
- Innovation: Voice in the bank
- MDDUS: “Tired. Concerned. Trying not to lose hope.” A report from the NHS frontline
- Case file: Botox remote
- Case file: Redaction request
- Case file: Infected rash
- Risk: NHS staff jumping the queue
- Catalysing civility – resolving workplace conflict
- GMC: A brush with the law
- Ethics: How should a person be?
- Viewpoint: Malpractice in the media
- Vignette: Dame Margaret Turner-Warwick (1924 – 2017)
‘Tired. Concerned. Trying not to lose hope.’ Doctors speak out about a year at work.
Doctors and dentists have shared their lived experience of working in the health service during one of its toughest years, in a new report by MDDUS.
MDDUS comments on General Medical Council survey findings
The General Medical Council (GMC) has published the results of its national training survey which revealed that micro-aggressions and stereotyping are affecting trainee doctors
MDDUS celebrates Pride Month
Pride Month is a time to highlight our support for LGBTQ+ colleagues, members, friends and community by promoting LGBTQ+ rights and championing diversity and inclusion at MDDUS.
MDDUS responds to the Long Term Workforce Plan for NHS England
The long-term workforce plan for NHS England must not overlook today’s retention crisis
MDDUS helps Macmillan support line nurses to make remote consultations safer
MDDUS has provided free, bespoke training to Macmillan Cancer Support to help its team of expert clinical information nurse specialists deliver safer advice on the charity’s support line.
Case file: Bony infection
...It is alleged that the delayed referral resulted in Ms T having to undergo two debridement procedures...
Is it safe to apologise?
MDDUS advisers are often asked whether an apology to a patient amounts to an admission of guilt that can be used against you.
Blood test finds two-thirds of cancers
A NEW blood test was found to identify two-thirds of cancers in more than 5,000 patients who visited their GP with non-specific symptoms.
NHS England struggles with higher sickness absence
SICKNESS absence in NHS England hospitals and community services was 29 per cent higher in the most recent calendar year compared with the year before the pandemic, according to analysis by the Nuffield Trust carried out for the BBC.