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Making Your Practice Safe
Time to read article: 1 mins
This workshop will help you to gain a greater understanding of the patient safety culture that exists in your practice, allowing you to identify and target areas for improvement.
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Medical Records for Nurses in Primary Care
Time to read article: 1 mins
This new workshop will provide you with a thorough understanding of the importance of medical records and aims to enhance your skills in making and keeping quality medical records.
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Articles and features
04/01/2014
Collateral damage
Collateral damage
Time to read article: 6 mins
The sooner you call MPS about an ethical or legal dilemma, the sooner the matter can be resolved. Professor Carol Seymour, Dr Tom Mosedale, Dr Richard Brittain and Sara Williams explore how and why Collateral-damage foundation doctors get into troubleCollateral-damage foundation doctors get into trouble
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Articles and features
04/09/2013
From the case files: A family matter
From the case files: A family matter
Time to read article: 2 mins
In this issue we share a case where a GP got in trouble prescribing for a family member, when a pharmacist reported him to the GMC
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Articles and features
04/06/2013
From the case files
From the case files
Time to read article: 5 mins
The GMC’s latest Good Medical Practice reflects the ever-changing demands of modern healthcare provision, says Dr Rachel Birch, and these two cases illustrate two areas where the GMC has expanded its guidance
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Articles and features
12/04/2013
From the case files
From the case files
Time to read article: 3 mins
In this issue we share a case where a locum GP raised concerns about patient safety in a practice he had worked at for three months
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Consent – The basics - Wales
Time to read article: 3 mins
Respect for patients’ autonomy is expressed in consent law; to impose care or treatment on people without respecting their wishes and right to self-determination is not only unethical, but illegal.
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Access to medical reports - Scotland
Time to read article: 3 mins
Doctors may, on occasion, receive a request from a patient’s employer for a medical report to be delivered directly to the HR department, without the patient seeing it. However, before any medical report can be provided, you must be satisfied that the patient has given valid consent to the release of the information. This factsheet looks at the issues surrounding medical reports for employers and other organisations, and offers advice to doctors who are asked to write reports.
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Giving evidence - Scotland
Time to read article: 4 mins
As a doctor, you may be asked to give evidence in many different types of forums including criminal or civil courts, Fatal Accident Inquiries and employment or mental health tribunals. This factsheet gives further information about what to expect and how to prepare.
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