... Publishing Limited 2010 Clinical governance Training Patients Health and safety Medical treatment Skills The case for change has been made by the National Patient Safety Agency (2008a , b , c) “rapid response report”, released on the 19 May 2008, on the risks of chest drain insertion...

... consent form does not necessarily imply that an informed consent has been obtained from the patient. Medical treatment Patients Surgery Obtaining patient consent for surgical procedures has clinical, ethical and legal implications. Patients have to provide informed consent prior to surgery...

... Examinations Secondary care Medical treatment Patient care The definition of intimate examination includes examination of breasts, genitalia, or rectum. Vaginal speculum examination and bimanual palpation of the female internal genitalia are among the most intimate and potentially embarrassing...

... improving patient outcomes. Auditing Patients Medical conditions Medical treatment Frank Milligan can be contacted at: Frank.milligan@beds.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain face potentially life...

.... Although many local psychiatrists expressed a belief that the evidence base for requiring ECGs in patients prescribed Venlafaxine is poor, they remained reluctant to prescribe. Medical treatment Depression Antidepressants Primary care Secondary care United Kingdom In December 2004...

... Psychology Medical treatment The Department of Health published a guideline titled Treatment Choice in Psychological Therapies and Counselling (DoH, 2001) which advised that depressive disorders could effectively be treated with psychological therapy. It suggested that patient records could...

... of these had a detailed map with the endoscopy suite marked. None of the leaflets provided any general information about how to get to the hospital. J. Shah can be contacted at: jyoti.shah@imperial.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Urinary system Medical treatment Medical...

... wish to thank Mr Tim Marshall, University of Birmingham, for statistical advice, and Mrs Ann Collins, maternity data co‐ordinator, City Hospital. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Obstetrics Medical practice Medical treatment Safety Obstetric emergencies may threaten...

.... Medical treatment Performance contracts Risk management Records management The recently published guidance for GPs on the use of electronic patient records (Joint Computing Group of the Practitioners Committee and the Royal College of General Practitioners, 2003) sits well with the aims...

... Evidence‐based practice Clinical governance Primary care Medical treatment A new primary care medical team was established to serve the community in the greenfield development of Cambourne (near Cambridge). The host Primary Care Group/Trust (South Cambridgeshire) and the newly appointed lead...