Polski Dzial Doctors and Nurses Must Apologise for Medical Mistakes Under New Rules
According to new medical candour guidelines, midwives, nurses and doctors will be required to make verbal apologies to patients following any medical mistakes. Under new duty of candour rules, medical professionals will be encouraged to apologise as soon as they have realised there was an issue following new guidance from the General Medical Council and […]
Doctors’ working hours pose risk to patients
Patients’ safety and wellbeing could be at risk because the working patterns of doctors in training are leaving them too tired and stressed. These are the worrying findings of a recent study commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC). Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the GMC, explained that some doctors may still be working nearly […]