The value of the Post-Take Ward Round

In my medicolegal work, I have analysed many cases involving the patient being admitted to hospital as an emergency, and an important diagnosis being missed. All too often, the case review shows that the Consultant Post-Take Ward Round has been too superficial and not properly documented. The most common omission is not preparing a full…

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New all-oral drugs for Hepatitis C

Probably the most important piece of news for GI and Liver disease in the recent past is that the new all-oral drugs for treating Hepatitis C have been approved by NICE, and will be funded by NHS England, starting this month or soon after. The whole of England will be covered by ‘Operational Delivery Networks’…

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