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.

Dr Pallavi Bradshaw, MPS medicolegal adviser, gives junior doctors guidance on the best way to prepare for a night shift. She explains what they need before, during and after to ensure the shift runs smoothly.

Your repeat prescribing journey

Repeat prescribing is a complex journey that accounts for 75% of prescriptions issued in general practice. With more than 20 steps from the initial decision to prescribe to the patient finally taking the medication, the opportunity for error is great. Therefore, it is no wonder that errors in repeat prescribing frequently occur.

With complaints against nurses increasing, clinical risk manager Kate Taylor shares tips on how to decrease risks associated with delegation

“From the case files” features unusual cases and cases with strong learning points. Here we deal with a common question on the MPS helpline – how to deal with a father’s requests to access his child’s records.

Try these sample AKT questions provided by Dr Mahibur Rahman from Emedica

Mrs H was a 35-year-old teaching assistant who also had two school-aged children. She was obese with a BMI of 40. In 2006, she had seen Dr G with left knee pain. Dr G recorded that on examination her knee was tender over her medial joint line but was otherwise stable. He initially prescribed diclofenac and advised her to lose weight.

Doctors face a number of challenges when prescribing: Sara Dawson explores some risk strategies and looks at a classic case of a drug name mix-up

Dr Euan Lawson, portfolio GP in Cumbria, explains how a little bit of apathy goes a long way

New GP Dr Laura Davison took a career break to become a jungle GP in Mexico. Here’s what happened

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

Try these sample AKT questions provided by Dr Mahibur Rahman from Emedica

Try these sample AKT questions provided by Dr Mahibur Rahman from Emedica

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

Deputy chair of the BMA Dr Richard Vautrey gives an insight into his busy life

In April the clinical landscape of the NHS will undertake the biggest change since its inception in 1948. In his analysis of the changes, Dr Simon Abrams raises concerns over potential conflicts of interest.

MPS clinical risk manager Diane Baylis shares risk advice for practices in how to prepare for a CQC inspection.

Earn CPD points by reading this feature on shared decision making. Dr Paul Nisselle explores how to move from bedside to beside