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Consent to treatment: Overview
Claire Cox posted an article in Consent issues
Consent to treatment means a person must give permission before they receive any type of medical treatment, test or examination. This must be done on the basis of an explanation by a clinician. Consent from a patient is needed regardless of the procedure, whether it's a physical examination, organ donation or something else. The principle of consent is an important part of medical ethics and international human rights law.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis book is an account of the life of a surgeon: what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the life and death decisions that have to be made.
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Content ArticleExpanding on his previous commentary 'What does all this safety stuff have to do with me', Dan Cohen, Patient Safety Learning's Trustee and former Chief Medical Officer at DATIX, has written this article for the hub on personal responsibility in patient safe care.
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Content ArticleThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. NICE guidance, advice, quality standards and information services for health, public health and social care. Guidance also contains resources to help maximise use of evidence and guidance. This guideline (NG89) covers assessing and reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE or blood clots) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in people aged 16 and over in hospital. It aims to help healthcare professionals identify people most at risk and describes interventions that can be used to reduce the risk of VTE.
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Content ArticleLearn about anthithrombotics, what they are, the different types and how they work in this short video.
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Matrons Handbook (January 2020)
Claire Cox posted an article in Workforce and resources
The matron's role has evolved since publication of the matron's 10 key responsibilities in 2003, and the matron's charter in 2004. Some aspects remain the same: providing compassionate, inclusive leadership and management to promote high standards of clinical care, patient safety and experience; prevention and control of infections; and monitoring cleaning of the environment. The role has also grown significantly, to include: workforce management, finance and budgeting, education and development, patient flow, performance management and digital technology and research. Using the handbook This handbook is a practical guide for those who aspire to be a matron, those who are already in post and for organisations that want to support this important role. It can be used to prepare ward, department and service leaders for the matron's role and to support newly appointed matrons. Individual matrons can use this handbook to support their practice, and as part of their professional development discussions with their employer. Directors of nursing can use this handbook to support matrons and the development of those who aspire to this role. Local context will be important and should be considered when using the handbook.- Posted
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Content Article"The inestimable, magnificent, Will Powell speaking on Radio Ombudsman about the long struggle to discover the truth about his son's death and the subsequent failure of accountability mechanisms" - Rob Behrens, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman UK, Vice-President IOI Europe, Visiting Professor UCL. MCFC.
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