Non-medical prescribing is increasingly being recognised as an essential healthcare practice, with at least 18 countries adopting NMP across Europe, the Americas and Australasia (Courtenay et al,...
The primary focus of the research in NMP to date has been on its impact on patients, practitioners and organisations (Courtenay et al, 2018; Carey et al, 2020). Other studies have identified...
This has been unprecedented time in end-of-life care at the authors' surgery, the speed at which a decisive plan was put together and commnicated to staff ensured the best possible care was still...
A medical record is defined by the Information Commissioners Office, in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), that came into force on the 25 May 2018. It superseded existing data protection...
Seizures are controlled with medication in about 70% of cases; inexpensive anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are the mainstay of treatment. When seizures do not respond to AED therapy, surgery,...
The plaintiff must first establish that the defendant owed them a legal duty of care. In medical negligence, the existence of a duty owed to the patient is usually regarded as automatic, even if the...
Prescribers can be called to account for their actions by (Figure 1):.
The Gold Standards Framework (GSF) is a model of care that allows GP practices to proactively support patients with their palliative care needs. The GSF was developed in 2000 as a grass roots...
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