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NHS to move away from blame culture in patient safety incidents

THE NHS should focus on learning from patient safety incidents rather than looking to blame individuals, according to a major new piece of guidance.

  • 25 August 2022
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Diagnosis and prescribing key negligence risk areas, report shows

IMPROVING diagnosis and prescribing processes are key to achieving better patient outcomes in general practice, a report from NHS Resolution has found.

  • 24 August 2022
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Majority of symptomatic Covid-19 patients still infectious after five days

TWO-THIRDS of symptomatic Covid-19 patients are still infectious five days after their symptoms begin, according to the first “real-world” study into the disease onset.

  • 22 August 2022
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Tackling backlog in bowel screening

A BACKLOG of patients waiting for colonoscopies as part of the NHS bowel screening programme could be tackled by raising the threshold at which patients are invited for more in-depth investigations, according to new research.

  • 22 August 2022
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Survey reveals NHS dentistry at “tipping point”

A BBC survey has found that 90 per cent of NHS dental practices are not accepting new adult dental patients, and 80 per cent are not taking on children.

  • 11 August 2022
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GDC fitness to practise report reveals ethnic disparity

A DISPROPORTIONATELY high number of fitness to practise concerns received by the General Dental Council (GDC) in 2021 were raised against Asian or Asian British dentists compared to their proportion of the total register.

  • 11 August 2022
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