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Achieving safer and reliable practice
This workshop will give you a firm grounding in ways to improve reliability, which can result in reduced risk for yourself and your patients. With patient expectations increasing, this is a great opportunity to embrace quality of care improvements. The workshop also discusses the complex relationship between innovation and reliability, as well as the role played by human error.
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30/08/2017
Test your knowledge
Test your knowledge
Time to read article: 3 mins
Try these sample AKT questions provided by Dr Mahibur Rahman from Emedica
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Articles and features
30/08/2017
Test your knowledge
Test your knowledge
Time to read article: 2 mins
Try these sample AKT questions provided by Dr Mahibur Rahman from Emedica
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Articles and features
30/08/2017
Test your knowledge
Test your knowledge
Time to read article: 2 mins
Try these sample AKT questions provided by Dr Mahibur Rahman from Emedica
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Articles and features
29/08/2017
Rising nurse claims
Rising nurse claims
Time to read article: 4 mins
MPS has seen a steady rise in the number of claims involving practice nurses, with ‘delay in diagnosis’ being the most common type of claim. Kate Taylor, Clinical Risk Manager, MPS Educational Services, reveals more
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29/08/2017
Unwelcome patient attention
Unwelcome patient attention
Time to read article: 4 mins
Sessional GP and MPS medicolegal consultant Dr Rachel Birch shares a case scenario about a patient who stalked her GP
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29/08/2017
Getting to grips with fit notes
Getting to grips with fit notes
Time to read article: 6 mins
A common question in general practice: “Ms P’s fit note runs out on Monday – can you do her another one?” Your answer should be considered carefully as the following case illustrates, explains Dr Rachel Birch, GP and medicolegal adviser at MPS
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25/08/2017
Day in the life of… Dr Pixie McKenna
Day in the life of… Dr Pixie McKenna
Time to read article: 4 mins
I wake up bolt upright at 5.30am. I look in the mirror and realise I’ve inadvertently left my false eyelashes on from the previous day’s telly. They hang rather precariously from my upper lids – my mascara is half way down my cheeks and my hair is doing a good impersonation of Jedward. My husband rolls over and states that I look like a drag queen and promptly falls back to sleep.
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