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09/10/2018
Top ten tips for managing a redundancy situation
Top ten tips for managing a redundancy situation
Time to read article: 3 mins
Employment law experts Croner Consulting provide advice on how to manage redundancy within your practice to ensure the rights of employees are respected.
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From the advice line: consent for childhood immunisation
Time to read article: 2 mins
Dr Rachel Birch, medicolegal consultant and editor-in-chief of Practice Matters, shares a recent case where a member sought advice regarding consent for childhood immunisation.
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Treating children and young people safely in general practice
Time to read article: 3 mins
Dr Rachel Birch, medicolegal consultant, provides practical tips to ensure you have systems in place to treat children and young people safely.
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Ask the expert: Is a patient’s son entitled to access his mother’s confidential information?
Time to read article: 2 mins
Is the patient’s son entitled to access his mother’s confidential information? Where a patient lacks capacity clinicians should consider what action is in the patient’s best interests.
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Ask the expert: Are we obliged to facilitate a request for CCTV footage of the practice car park?
Time to read article: 2 mins
Are we obliged to facilitate a request for CCTV footage of the practice car park? You need to consider the confidentiality of other patients. Dr Rachel Birch, medicolegal consultant, answers a member’s query.
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Acute and General Medicine Conference
Join us at this year’s Acute and General Medicine conference. Speak to our team at the event, who will be on hand to discuss any medicolegal queries, questions about your membership, or issues confronting today’s doctors. Visit us at stand D28.
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Learning from allegations of sexual assault
Time to read article: 10 mins
Gross negligence manslaughter is a topical issue in healthcare, but cases against doctors are still comparatively rare. Dr John Jolly, head of member risk education and Dr Richard Stacey, head of policy and technical, look at a more common cause of criminal cases brought against members of Medical Protection: sexual assault.
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Winter Indemnity Scheme Statement 2018
Time to read article: 1 mins
Rob Hendry, Medical Director at Medical Protection comments on NHS England’s announcement on the Winter Indemnity Scheme.
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NHS England Winter Indemnity Scheme information for members
Time to read article: 3 mins
If you are a GP member of Medical Protection and would like to take part in the NHS England Winter Indemnity Scheme, find all the information you need here.
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