Manager Practice
Early bird discount for 2012 PM conference
BOOK your place now to attend the sixth MDDUS Practice Managers’ Conference being held 1-2 March 2012 at the Fairmont, St Andrews. Book before September 30 and take advantage of our early bird offer. The full programme is currently being finalised but there has already been strong interest
from managers across the UK. Delegate places are limited so secure your attendance now and take advantage of our recession-busting rates. For more information email
kwalsh@mddus.comor phone Karen Walsh on 0845 270 2034.
MDDUS publications now online
NICE web resource for general practice
Online guide on treating migrant patients
AN online resource has been launched to help staff in general practice access National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance. GPs, practice managers and practice nurses helped create the web-based tool (
www.nice.org.uk/GP) that offers solutions to enable the uptake of NICE and other national primary care guidance. There is also a section aimed at helping GP consortia. The resource – part of the NICE website –
allows users to quickly access relevant guid- ance and information, offers tips to ensure the practice team is up-to-date and has advice on how to further their continuing professional development. GPs can view the top 10 NICE guidelines along with summaries of the key points for general practice as new guidance is published each month. The web tool has been welcomed by RCGP chair Dr Clare Gerada. She said it could become “an invaluable new resource” for those working in general practice, adding: “It can be a real challenge to keep up-to-date with NICE guidance, but this new resource will help GPs and their staff develop a systematic approach to identifying and using NICE guidance.”
A FREE guide to assessing and treating migrant patients has been launched online for GPs. The Migrant Health Guide is published by the Health Protection Agency and offers a "one-stop-shop" of information about caring for patients who have moved to the UK from abroad. It recognises the fact that migrants often have more complex health needs than UK-born patients. The guide provides advice on assessing the health needs of new migrant patients and explaining the NHS and entitlements to care. It covers language interpretation and cultural competence and understanding, as well as various health issues including infectious diseases like TB and HIV which are more common in other parts of the world. HPA developed the guide in collaboration
with a team of clinical and public health experts as well as primary care practitioners and carries the endorsement of the RCGP and the RCN. Access at
www.hpa.org.uk/migranthealthguide
YOU can now access all MDDUS print publications online by going to our new Publications page on the MDDUS website. Web versions of selected articles and PDFs
of the full issues are available for: Summons- main membership journal
Practice Manager- aimed at medical and dental practice managers
FYi - magazine for final year medical gradu- ates and foundation year doctors
A REVISED edition of the MDDUS booklet on the basic principles of consent has been published. The short guide is intended to provide practical advice for healthcare professionals to ensure they obtain valid consent from patients prior to any medical or dental intervention. The Essential guide to consent can be found by search- ing online on our Resource Library at
www.mddus.com. Print copies are available by contacting Karen Walsh at
kwalsh@mddus.com
WWW.MDDUS.COM
SoundBite - publication for final year dental graduates and postgraduate trainees GPST - publication for GP specialist trainees
Essential Guides - booklets on core medico/dento-legal topics
Find articles on specific topics by searching our Resource Library at
www.mddus.com.
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