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Issue 56,
December 2012
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Good morning,
Welcome to this latest issue of Medical Council News.
In this issue, among the things we look at are the Council’s response to Professor Ron Paterson, the former Health and Disability Commissioner's book ‘The Good Doctor - What patients want’, highlights from our 2012 annual report, and our response to the Review of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.
If you have any comments or feedback on any of the articles in this newsletter, we would be pleased to receive them at ppigou@mcnz.org.nz or gsymmes@mcnz.org.nz
Finally, I would like to wish you and your families a safe and prosperous new year.
With best wishes,
Philip Pigou
Chief Executive Officer
Medical Council of New Zealand
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Making 'The Good Doctor' better
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In June, Professor Ron Paterson, the former Health and Disability Commissioner, published a book ‘The Good Doctor - What patients want.’ This reviews the state of medical regulation in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Professor Paterson argues ‘... that it is possible to improve patient care by lifting the veils of secrecy and better informing patients, by establishing more effective ways of checking doctors’ competence, and by ensuring that medical watchdogs protect the public.’ Read more
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Clinical educator and resident medical officer of the year award
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Each year the Council seeks nominations for New Zealand nominees for the Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Council’s (CPMEC) Clinical Educator of the Year award and the RMO of the Year award. Read more
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New vocational scope - Pain medicine
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The new scope and qualification came into effect on 3 December 2012. The accreditation follows a lengthy application process undertaken by the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FPM) of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.
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Council CEO installed as chair of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities
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Medical Council Chief Executive Philip Pigou was recently installed as chair of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) for a 2-year term after serving a 2-year term as chair-elect. Read more
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Keeping your
credit card details safe
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Like
many other organisations we are working to improve the security
surrounding the use of your credit card.
To
achieve this, we are offering an on-line payment facility (hosted
by Paymark) through our website where you will enter the details of
your credit card in a secure environment using the link that will
printed in the practising certificate document sent to you.
If
your credit card payment is for any other purpose please email finance@mcnz.org.nz and our finance team will send you a link that you
can use. Read more
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Review of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003
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The Council has responded to Health Workforce New Zealand's review of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (HPCAA) by questioning a number of assumptions made in the review document. Read more
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Notice of upcoming consultation: Review of prevocational training
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The Council has made great progress on its review of prevocational training. Early in 2012 a working group was established, comprising of members with experience and expertise in medical education, intern training, service provision, and medical regulation. With the help of this working group, the Council has a drafted the New Zealand Curriculum Framework for Prevocational Medical Training, and a model for assessment for PGY1 and PGY2. Read more |
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Ethics 101
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Is it inappropriate to accept a gift from a patient? Can I limit patients to one medical complaint per visit? Is it okay to refuse to accept a new patient if their medical history is complex?
When faced with these types of dilemmas, doctors often contact the Council for guidance. Unfortunately, our response isn’t always black and white. The details of each individual situation tend to be quite unique and the advice to one doctor may not be the same as to another doctor in a similar situation. Read more |
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Report aims to make hospitals safer
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The Health Quality & Safety Commission recently released its third report of serious and sentinel events (SSEs). The report covers events which have generally resulted in harm to patients, reported by 20 District Health Board hospitals in 2011–12. The report shows 360 SSEs were reported, 3 percent fewer than those recorded in 2010–11.
Ninety-one patients died (86 in 2010–11), although not necessarily as a result of the adverse event which occurred. The number of falls and medication errors reported decreased, while clinical management events and in-patient suicide numbers increased. Read more |
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Cancer registry update
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The first stage of the Cancer Registry enhancements is to go live in late January 2013 with the stage 1 Tumour Node Metastases (TNM) database being populated by clinicians responsible for the clinical staging of colorectal cancer.
The next stage will be for laboratories to input colorectal slide data from the end of February in a structured format. The capture of diagnostic and standard pathology data will support the colorectal pilot in Waitemata DHB by providing better access to and give us better national information on the survival rates and progression of this cancer.
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