Factsheet 14/01/2015 Statement of fitness for work - Scotland Preview Article Statement of fitness for work - Scotland Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Fit note is an informal name for the Statement of Fitness for Work. The Statement intends to advise patients who are on sick leave for more than seven days on whether, with extra support from their employer, they could return to work. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Scotland General practice Patients GP locum Managing clinical risk
Factsheet 14/01/2015 Statement of fitness for work Preview Article Statement of fitness for work Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Fit note is an informal name for the Statement of Fitness for Work. The Statement intends to advise patients who are on sick leave for more than seven days on whether, with extra support from their employer, they could return to work. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Generic Medicine Wales General practice Managing clinical risk GP locum Patients
Factsheet 14/01/2015 Confidentiality – General principles - Wales Preview Article Confidentiality – General principles - Wales Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a doctor, you have access to sensitive personal information about patients and you have a legal and ethical duty to keep this information confidential, unless the patient consents to the disclosure, disclosure is required by law or is necessary in the public interest. This factsheet sets out the basic principles of confidentiality. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Issues & conflict management Use Guidelines Data Protection General practice Wales Consent
Factsheet 14/01/2015 Confidentiality – General principles - Scotland Preview Article Confidentiality – General principles - Scotland Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a doctor, you have access to sensitive personal information about patients and you have a legal and ethical duty to keep this information confidential, unless the patient consents to the disclosure; disclosure is required by law or is necessary in the public interest. This factsheet sets out the basic principles of confidentiality. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Consent Use Guidelines Managing clinical risk Ethics Scotland General practice
Factsheet 14/01/2015 Confidentiality - General principles - England Preview Article Confidentiality - General principles - England Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a doctor, you have access to sensitive personal information about patients and you have a legal and ethical duty to keep this information confidential, unless the patient consents to the disclosure, disclosure is required by law or is necessary in the public interest. This factsheet sets out the basic principles of confidentiality. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Generic Medicine Confidentiality Ethics GP locum Medical Records Compliance
Factsheet 14/01/2015 Statement of fitness for work Preview Article Statement of fitness for work Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Fit note is an informal name for the Statement of Fitness for Work. The Statement intends to advise patients who are on sick leave for more than seven days on whether, with extra support from their employer, they could return to work. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk General practice Patients GP locum England
Factsheet 14/01/2015 Confidentiality – General principles - Northern Ireland Preview Article Confidentiality – General principles - Northern Ireland Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a doctor, you have access to sensitive personal information about patients and you have a legal and ethical duty to keep this information confidential, unless the patient consents to the disclosure; disclosure is required by law or is necessary in the public interest. This factsheet sets out the basic principles of confidentiality. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk General practice Use Guidelines Wales Data Protection Consent
17/11/2014 Life in the locum lane Preview Article Life in the locum lane Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview Dr Robin Chesters had been a partner in a practice for six years before he bit the bullet and decided to launch his career as a locum GP. Sara Williams asks: What’s so great about locuming? Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career planning General practice GP locum
14/11/2014 Help the aged Preview Article Help the aged Time to read article: 8 mins Close Preview Elderly people are the fastest growing demographic in the UK. But are care levels rising to meet their needs? Sara Williams meets a surgery in Northampton who have improved their continuity of care, and changed the face of practice Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Professionalism General practice
14/11/2014 Lost in translation Preview Article Lost in translation Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Jonathan Haslam looks at the difficulties created for general practice by the increasing numbers of non-English speakers in the UK. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice Professionalism
14/11/2014 Shot in the dark Preview Article Shot in the dark Time to read article: 9 mins Close Preview Childhood vaccination errors are a national problem in general practice, Julie Wilson, MPS’s clinical risk programme manager and Dr Tom Lloyd, medicolegal adviser, get to the point of safe immunisations Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice
14/11/2014 Silent witness Preview Article Silent witness Time to read article: 9 mins Close Preview Dr Richard Stacey and Sara Williams tackle some of the typical questions asked by practices about chaperones Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice
14/11/2014 Dos and don'ts of telephone consultations Preview Article Dos and don'ts of telephone consultations Time to read article: 1 mins Close Preview Document telephone consultations contemporaneously. Obtain and document a thorough history. Telephone consultations do not give a GP the opportunity to assess clinical signs. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Communication Managing clinical risk General practice GP locum
14/11/2014 Minor surgery, major risks Preview Article Minor surgery, major risks Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview Dr David Coombs, a GP with a special interest in dermatology, explores the risks of performing minor surgery in primary care Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice
14/11/2014 An inspector calls Preview Article An inspector calls Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview Julie Price, Clinical Risk Programme Manager, investigates whether practices are handling controlled drugs safely Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Prescribing Managing clinical risk Practice management Negligence GP locum
Articles and features 14/11/2014 The medical record...what lies beneath Preview Article The medical record...what lies beneath Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Dr Richard Stacey explores the extent of medical records and highlights where important information can be found beyond the core GP records Read more Article contains Text
14/11/2014 Care in the community Preview Article Care in the community Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview One of the biggest risks in treating elderly patients in nursing homes is communication. Dr Rachel Birch, a sessional GP and MPS medicolegal adviser, reviews a case where communication failure led to patient harm. she then answers typical medicolegal queries around community care Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... GP locum Managing clinical risk Communication Geriatric Medicine General practice
14/11/2014 Dealing with non-compliant patients Preview Article Dealing with non-compliant patients Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Dr Richard Stacey provides a step-by-step approach to dealing with patients who do not comply Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Communication Managing clinical risk Issues & conflict management GP locum Patients General practice
Factsheet 04/11/2014 Removal of medical equipment after death - Wales Preview Article Removal of medical equipment after death - Wales Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview If a patient dies and the death is reportable to the coroner, you should leave all equipment in place until you have discussed the case with the coroner’s officer. This factsheet gives you further information about what to do. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General Surgery Managing clinical risk Equipment Health & safety Wales
Factsheet 03/11/2014 Removal of medical equipment after death - England Preview Article Removal of medical equipment after death - England Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview If a patient dies and the death is reportable to the coroner, you should leave all equipment in place until you have discussed the case with the coroner’s officer. This factsheet gives you further information about what to do. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Equipment Health & safety Managing clinical risk General Surgery
Factsheet 03/11/2014 Communicating with patients by fax and email - England Preview Article Communicating with patients by fax and email - England Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Electronic communication can provide a useful and alternative point of access for patients. However, you should ensure that, if sensitive information needs to be sent electronically, safeguards are in place to avoid breaching patient confidentiality. This factsheet sets out the potential risks of electronic communication. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk England Communication Confidentiality Practice management General practice
Articles and features 02/10/2014 Test your knowledge Preview Article Test your knowledge Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Try these sample AKT questions provided by Dr Mahibur Rahman from Emedica Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career planning General practice Competence Practice Matters Training & cpd
Articles and features 02/10/2014 From the case files... Preview Article From the case files... Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview In this issue we bring you two interesting cases; the first encourages GPs to exercise caution when diagnosing haematuria, and the second highlights how various poor communication channels can have a negative impact on patient care. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... GP locum Record keeping Decision Making General practice Practice Matters Medical Records
Articles and features 01/10/2014 The Apprentice Preview Article The Apprentice Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview In her last column, our columnist Laura Davison, talks about her experiences of being a new GP. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Communication GP locum Practice Matters General practice