Dedicated resources for trainee GPs, including advice, case studies and exam and revision guidance to support you before and during your speciality training.
Plan mental wellbeing support now to avoid exodus of doctors after Covid-19
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The Government, NHS and private healthcare providers must plan now for the mental wellbeing support doctors will need following the Covid-19 pandemic, if we are to avoid huge swathes either leaving the profession or suffering in silence with psychological injuries, says Medical Protection.
COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on people from black and ethnic minority communities, looking at factors at play and actions to be taken to ensure that people are well protected in the future.
The People: Project Wingman - Creating First Class Lounges [Video recording]
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An introduction to project Wingman and how this project has had an impact on the wellbeing and morale of staff in the NHS during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Technology: Formula 1 to Ventilators [Video recording]
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Fascinating insight to innovation during a crisis and what an industry was able to achieve in such a short space of time for the potential benefit of society.
Advice on cybersecurity and what steps healthcare organisations are taking to stay safe. Understand why healthcare is a particular target for hackers at this time.
The Medicine: Transformation of General Practice [Video recording]
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How the delivery model of general practice changed dramatically and rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. How will this influence the future of general practice?
The Science: The Vaccine - How This Acts and When Available [Video recording]
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Understand the science of different approaches to vaccine development for SARS-COV-2 and the current position with respect to vaccine trials in the UK.
Lessons From COVID-19: Making Sense of the Pandemic [Video recording]
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Opening Address from Matthew Shaw
Matthew Shaw, CEO of Great Ormond St Hospital
Matthew Shaw provides an insight into how his idea for the Nightingale NHS Hospital in London became a reality.
What Might Healthcare Look Like Post COVID? [Video recording]
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Video recording: Speaking at Risky Business 2020 speaker Don Berwick, President Emeritus at the IHI, former advisor to Barack Obama, provides an opportunity to hear some novel, insightful and encouraging views about the future from one of the world’s great thinkers in the field.
The People: The Science of Wellbeing [Video recording]
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Video recording: Speaking at Risky Business 2020 Speaker Laurie Santos, Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University, shares practical advice on how to promote wellbeing during the pandemic.
The Medicine: Has COVID changed the doctor-patient relationship forever? [Video recording]
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Speaking at Risky Business 2020 Dr Pallavi Bradshaw highlights how disruption caused by COVID could affect medicolegal risk and what steps could be taken to reduce this. Increases awareness that there remain many unresolved legal and ethical issues which society must grapple with in the aftermath of the crisis.
Urgent action needed to clear referral backlog and avert tsunami of claims and investigations
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The Government must commit adequate resource and support to clearing the backlog of referrals and delayed follow-ups in secondary care if we are to avoid a potential patient safety crisis and a tsunami of future claims or investigations, says Medical Protection.
Dr Emma Davies, medicolegal consultant at Medical Protection, answers some questions around the professional and personal use of social media and the potential pitfalls faced by those working in healthcare
Disclosing information about children and young people
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Handling disclosure requests concerning children and young people can be a complex and emotive issue. Kate Cowan, case manager at Medical Protection, looks at the issue in more detail
Fin Wright, case manager at Medical Protection, provides guidance to practices who are approached by the police regarding a disclosure of medical records
Ayisha Hooper, case manager at Medical Protection, looks at the reasons why practices can be approached by solicitors for the disclosure of medical records
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