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Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationPrimary Care
Family Members Want Straight Talk from Physicians Regarding Poor Patient Prognosis When a patient is incapacitated by serious illness, family members become surrogate decision makers. However, physicians may feel reluctant to discuss a particularly poor prognosis with surrogates for fear that it could extinguish all sense of hope.
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Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationPrimary Care
GPs will have to prove they follow NICE guidelines or face the possibility of suspension, prosecution or the closure of their practice, the Government’s new health and social care regulator has warned. Baroness Young, chair of the Care Quality Commission, revealed that guidance from NICE would become legally enforceable from 2009/10, with doctors to face tough annual checks on their compliance.
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Dec 19th 2008Drug InformationPrimary Care
Commenting on the Department of Health consultation on the use of 084 numbers in the NHS announced, Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the BMA’s GP Committee, said: “Telephone systems should make accessing a GP easier and also be cost-effective for patients; we therefore welcome this consultation on how to improve the current system.
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