QU AR TER TWO / 2018


Editor Dr Barry Parker


Managing editor Jim Killgore


Associate editor Joanne Curran


Editorial departments Medical Dr Richard Brittain Dental Mr Aubrey Craig Legal David Holmes


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Correspondence Insight Editor MDDUS Mackintosh House 120 Blythswood Street Glasgow G2 4EA


jkillgore@mddus.com


4 MDDUS news 6 News digest


8 Briefing Update on state-backed indemnity


9 Risk Speak up for patient safety


Cover image Leslie from Lomond Hills, Tracy McAusland Mixed media and collage oil painting, 1992 Born in 1970, McAusland studied drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1988-92. She is inspired by travels around Scotland and Europe, and her style owes much to the Scottish Colourist group.


Art in Healthcare (formerly Paintings in Hospitals Scotland) works with hospitals and healthcare communities across Scotland to encourage patients, visitors and staff to enjoy and engage with the visual arts. For more information visit www.artinhealthcare.org.uk Scottish Charity No SC 036222.


10 New admissions Profile of neurosurgeon and best-selling author Henry Marsh


12 Research ready Has your practice ever considered getting involved in primary care research? GP David Shukla offers a personal perspective on the benefits


14 Wrong-site extraction It happens more often than you think – but some simple measures can help avoid this disastrous outcome


16 Case files Mobile implant, Calling halt, GDC witness, Sudden stroke, Facebook rant, Acid burn


20 Dilemma A friend in need?


21 Ethics “Even nurses are not compassionate anymore…”


22 Addenda Book choice: The Butchering Art, Object obscura: Wooden prosthetic hand, Crossword and Vignette: Elsie Maud Inglis, pioneering physician, suffragist and founder of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals movement


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