Articles and features 04/02/2014 Risk alert: Clinical protocols Preview Article Risk alert: Clinical protocols Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview Diane Baylis, MPS Clinical Risk Manager, discusses how protocols enable practice teams to practise the right way. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Practice Matters
Articles and features 04/02/2014 Your views - CQC inspections Preview Article Your views - CQC inspections Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview We asked our columnists for their views on CQC practice inspections. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Practice Matters Practice manager
Press release 03/02/2014 New free advice app for doctors to help curb the rise in claims and c... Preview Article New free advice app for doctors to help curb the rise in claims and complaints Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has launched a new free advice app to help address the rise in claims and complaints. Read more Article contains Text
Articles and features 01/02/2014 The Drama Triangle Preview Article The Drama Triangle Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Dr Andrew Tresidder explores how to maintain professional detachment in a consultation, drawing on the psychological concepts around the Drama Triangle. He is a GP Patient Safety Lead for Somerset CCG, GP Appraiser, member of the Somerset Clinician Support Service, and member of the European Association of Physician Health. He is a former Somerset LMC rep and Bristol Medical School Academy GP Lead. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Practice Matters
Articles and features 01/02/2014 Case study - an unfortunate prescription Preview Article Case study - an unfortunate prescription Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview 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. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Practice Matters GP locum Prescribing
Articles and features 01/02/2014 Hot Topic - Helping doctors to keep children and young people safe Preview Article Hot Topic - Helping doctors to keep children and young people safe Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Protecting children is something that we all must play a part in, writes Professor Sir Peter Rubin Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Practice Matters
Articles and features 01/02/2014 How to mitigate the risks that locum GPs face Preview Article How to mitigate the risks that locum GPs face Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Dr Ishani Patel at Network Locum discusses how to mitigate the everyday risks that locum GPs face. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Practice Matters
Articles and features 01/02/2014 In the hot seat Preview Article In the hot seat Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview For a busy GP, any tool that can save time and labour is valuable. Charlotte Hudson chats with Dr Darach Ó Ciardha about the launch of GPBuddy.co.uk and its benefits for GPs and patients Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice Practice Matters
Casebook 25/01/2014 The perils of prescribing Preview Article The perils of prescribing Time to read article: 8 mins Close Preview 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 Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Casebook Generic Medicine Managing clinical risk Prescribing
Casebook 23/01/2014 How reliable is healthcare? Preview Article How reliable is healthcare? Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Dr Dan Cohen, an international medical director based in the US, looks at the biggest challenge to healthcare safety: complacency Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... System Errors Casebook Generic Medicine Managing clinical risk
Articles and features 19/01/2014 Which room? Preview Article Which room? Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Victoria Armitage, from the Royal National Institute of Blind People, shares her experience of general practice as someone with sight loss. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Practice Matters
Press release 07/01/2014 Wilful neglect criminal offences threaten clinical judgment, says MPS Preview Article Wilful neglect criminal offences threaten clinical judgment, says MPS Time to read article: 1 mins Close Preview Following a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, the Medical Protection Society (MPS) warns that the new wilful neglect criminal offences could threaten doctors’ clinical judgment. Whilst MPS agrees that doctors should face tough sanctions for causing deliberate harm to patients, it opposes the new criminal offences because they will have unintended and damaging consequences. Read more Article contains Text
05/01/2014 Giving evidence Preview Article Giving evidence Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview As a doctor, you may be asked to give evidence in many different types of tribunals, including criminal or civil courts, the coroner’s court and employment or mental health tribunals. This factsheet gives further information about what to expect and how to prepare. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk Generic Medicine
Casebook 01/01/2014 Anatomy of a claim Preview Article Anatomy of a claim Time to read article: 7 mins Close Preview The path of a clinical negligence claim is often long and complex. The eventual outcome is affected by a number of key factors; MPS claims manager and solicitor Antoinette Coltsmann takes an in-depth look at a recent MPS case. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk Generic Medicine Claims
Articles and features 28/12/2013 The Apprentice - Can you keep a secret? Preview Article The Apprentice - Can you keep a secret? Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Following a number of practice meetings I had some real corkers to tell from the “field” about dilemmas in discretion and confidentiality. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice Practice Matters
Articles and features 02/12/2013 How to survive a CQC inspection Preview Article How to survive a CQC inspection Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview The words CQC and inspection can strike fear into the hearts of practices; what can your practice do to get through this daunting time? Charlotte Hudson investigates. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... CQC compliance Practice Matters General practice
Articles and features 01/12/2013 An inspector calls at... Cross Hills Group Practice Preview Article An inspector calls at... Cross Hills Group Practice Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview Cross Hills is a semi-rural practice on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales, located between Keighley and Skipton. Part of the Airedale Wharfedale and Craven Clinical Commissioning Group, it is a training practice with just over 12,000 patients, ten GPs, one Registrar, two advanced nurse practitioners and a full practice nursing team, as well as dedicated admin support staff. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice CQC compliance Practice Matters
Articles and features 01/12/2013 Case study - Disclosure after a patient's death Preview Article Case study - Disclosure after a patient's death Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Fred had been my patient for a few years but died in November 2011. Fiona, who is the eldest daughter of Fred, is also my patient and was her father’s main carer. Fred was due to take a holiday over Christmas in 2011, so Fiona wanted to cancel the holiday and make a claim on the holiday insurance policy that Fred took out in December 2009. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice Confidentiality Practice Matters
Articles and features 01/12/2013 Confidentiality - Disclosures about patients unable to consent Preview Article Confidentiality - Disclosures about patients unable to consent Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview In this series Charlotte Hudson explores the key risk areas in general practice Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice Practice Matters
Articles and features 01/12/2013 Locum apathy Preview Article Locum apathy Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Dr Euan Lawson, portfolio GP in Cumbria, explains how a little bit of apathy goes a long way Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General practice GP locum Practice Matters
Articles and features 01/12/2013 Online medical records Preview Article Online medical records Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview All GPs will be expected to provide patients with online access to their medical records by 2015, but not everyone believes it is a good idea. Dr Amir Hannan shares how Haughton Thornley Medical Centre approached online access to records and how their patients responded. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Practice Matters General practice Data Protection Managing clinical risk
Press release 27/11/2013 MPS survey on post-Francis culture reveals doctors remain fearful Preview Article MPS survey on post-Francis culture reveals doctors remain fearful Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview A week after the government responded to the Francis Inquiry, a survey of hospital doctors conducted by the Medical Protection Society has highlighted the enormous task facing the government in their bid to create the open culture the Berwick Review considered missing and needed in the NHS. Read more Article contains Text
Press release 26/11/2013 Online records survey: embrace digital innovation but keep data secure Preview Article Online records survey: embrace digital innovation but keep data secure Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview As MPs discuss online medical records in the Commons Chamber today (26 November), the Medical Protection Society reiterates its concerns that without appropriate safeguards, what could be a revolutionary innovation could lead to patients unable to benefit from the new online system.1 Read more Article contains Text
Press release 19/11/2013 'Criminal offence will create culture of fear in NHS', MPS responds t... Preview Article 'Criminal offence will create culture of fear in NHS', MPS responds to government’s response to Francis Inquiry Time to read article: 1 mins Close Preview Following the government’s announcement that there will be a new criminal offence for wilful neglect, Dr Stephanie Bown, Director of Policy and Communications at the Medical Protection Society, said, 'The Medical Protection Society has long argued that better care for patients in the NHS would come through creating the right culture, which cannot be achieved through legislation. We welcome the explicit recognition by government that nothing can be achieved without a cultural change; in our view everything else must support this objective. Read more Article contains Text