When should GPs disclose information about a patient with a serious communicable disease?
MDU medico-legal adviser Dr Ellie Mein offers advice on how to handle situations involving confident...
How we set up our social prescribing service and its role during the pandemic
Sapphire McCalla explains how a social prescribing service is supporting patients and staff from nin...
How two practices joined forces to protect staff and patients from COVID-19
Two GP surgeries in Suffolk have paired up to run a 'hot' and a 'cold' site during the coronavirus p...
Viewpoint: Targeted case finding for COPD could help improve outcomes
It is estimated that at least a million people with COPD are undiagnosed. Dr Noel Baxter outlines ho...
How to deal with racism from patients
We live in a multicultural society but racist attitudes persist and some patients are not inhibited ...
Medico-legal advice on shielded patients
Dr Myooran Nathan from the MDDUS offers some advice for GPs on how they should deal with queries fro...
How digital assistants can help patients manage their health and wellbeing
A project in Staffordshire has shown how practices can make use of digital technology to support pat...
How GP practices should support shielded patients - updated
GP practices have been asked to play a key role in supporting patients who are shielding during the ...
