Covid and employment law: latest updates
READ the latest advice on Covid-related employment law issues, including self-isolation rules, holidays and staff vaccination.
HR Alert: How to de-stress your team
READ our practical advice on managing stress in your practice team.
Ask the Expert: Menopause and the workplace
A STAFF member is having performance issues related to the menopause, but the practice is too busy to deal with issues like that. What should we do?
Case study: Flexi request ignored
THIS case considers a claim of sex discrimination by a woman whose application for flexible working was not considered by her employer.
Dentists can now pay ARF by instalments
DENTISTS can now sign up to pay their annual retention fee by instalments, the General Dental Council has announced.
Vaccinations required for all NHS staff entering a care home
ALL NHS staff entering a CQC-regulated care home in England on or after 11 November must provide evidence that they have had two doses of an approved Covid-19 vaccine or are exempt.
Cover for practice staff vaccinations
MDDUS can confirm that we will provide claims indemnity to our GP members (and delegated staff) for the administration of the flu and Covid-19 vaccines to practice staff for this and future years.
MDDUS launches free and confidential wellbeing support for its members
The service is at the heart of an overall programme designed by MDDUS to support its 53,000 medical and dental members.
Difficult cannulation
...Mr G states that he is “astonished” that an experienced doctor should make five attempts at inserting a cannula...
NHS treatment costs
...Mr R has been contacted by NHS Counter Fraud Services, alleging that he was not entitled to an exemption for the cost of his RCT, and he claims that the regulations were not properly explained to him by the practice...