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Head of training Liz Price assesses the risks of embedding new models of care safely into practice.

GP Dr Barry Gibson-Smith discusses some common pitfalls in spotting melanoma.

A range of common - and not so common - queries from GPs and practice managers.

Clinical records should be made contemporaneously - but there are occasions when it's reasonable to alter an existing record.

Are practices obliged to give employees an extra day off for the coronation?

Would you know what to do if the practice was asked for access to its defibrillator?

...Dr G receives a letter claiming failure to diagnose the ankle fracture and refer for X-ray...

...In her complaint to the GMC Mrs V states that Dr T failed to correctly check her brother’s vital signs and falsified readings...

...Ms S alleges that Dr N provided “selective and inaccurate details” in a referral letter...

The rising incidence and severity of reported burnout among NHS staff is not just a wellbeing issue.

One initiative to ease pressure on overstretched hospital services.

A young patient refuses life-saving treatment. What would you do?