Measuring quality and efficiency of individual doctors This week a Consultant colleague and I walked to two other wards to see patients that were coded under him but were on specialty wards. It turned out that both patients were under the care of specialty teams and this was just coding that needed updated. Although it was important that we checked to ensure someone was looking after the patients it did take some time to do …
Monthly Archives: December 2012
SK Diary – w/c 3 Dec
Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service On Tuesday and Wednesday I was in Manchester for my annual panellist training. We were reminded that we are no longer GMC panellists, but are in fact MPTS panellists. The MPTS was launched on 11 June 2012 and the blurb on the front of our training folder describes it succinctly: We got a useful update on the work of the GMC Standards & Ethics Team. The Medical Act 1983 (amended) gives …
SK Diary – w/c 26 November 2012
Each weekend I will reflect back on the working week and post some observations and thoughts. I hope you find it interesting! Chief Executive & CMO Visit On Monday the Trust Chief Executive and the Chief Medical Officer visited the acute medicine unit at the RVH. This follows the Minister’s announcement last week that he was relaxing the special measures on Belfast Trust due to the progress made in addressing 12-hour breaches in the ED. …
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