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Psychiatrist who claimed £1000s for shifts he didn't work is struck off.

Psychiatrist who claimed £1000s for shifts he didn't work is struck off.

Implementation of a quick assessment application called InaRISK for damaged houses after the West Pasaman Earthquake (2022)

West Sumatra, located at the boundary of two of Earth’s shifting tectonic plates, is prone to natural disasters, especially earthquake. On 25th February 2022, an earthquake centered 18 km northeast of Simpang Empat, the capital city of West Pasaman, with a magnitude of 5.2 M, struck off at 08.35 WIB. This earthquake claimed lives and damaged buildings. After the earthquake, the need for rehabilitation and reconstruction is indispensable. Various methods are used in assessing the damaged houses, however, the assessment still use the manual method but is assessed as having many shortcomings. In the case of West Pasaman earthquake, the start of application-based to collect data is improvement to the manual method with its practicality and time-saving capability. This application, developed by National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB) is called InaRisk. Although this application has made a breakthrough, improvement for this application is required as there are still drawbacks especially it cannot be be used without internet connection. This paper discusses the usage of a quick assessment application called InaRISK for damaged houses after the West Pasaman earthquake. A new assessment method developed by Andalas University Team called Earthquake Rapid Assessment (E-RA) is also discussed in this paper.

Izmir Earthquake Experience of Healthcare Professionals During Pandemics: A Qualitative Study

Introduction: During the period where the effects of Covid-19 pandemics have been intensively experienced, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck off İzmir province, resulting in devastating consequences. The earthquake during pandemics cause to increase work overload to healthcare professionals, leading to additional challenges in the management of the process. Aim: This is phenomenological research conducted to depict experiences and practices of healthcare professionals who experienced an earthquake together with pandemics. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted with 11 healthcare professionals working in the emergency department of a private healthcare facility in İZMİR. The data were collected using a semi-structured, online interview. Results: Overall, 3 primary and 18 sub-themes were revealed regarding the experiences and practices of the nurses. Most participants experienced emotions such as fear, shock, panic, and sadness at the time of the earthquake and when faced with earthquake victims. They experienced shortness in resources, safety concerns for themselves and their families as well as health issues and their management. Conclusion and suggestions:Participants reported that knowledge regarding competence in the profession, communication skills, ingenuity, and innovation in providing care due to shortness of resources, professional, triage, to provide psychological care, and follow-up skills are required in this challenging. Highlights: During disasters, healthcare professionals work in difficult conditions with limited resources and face problems and difficulties more than those experienced during their daily practice. This study presents very important information about health professionals' need to support not only the organization but also psychological support when is been living more than one disaster.

Nurse struck off after taking cash gift

Nurse struck off after taking cash gift

Nurse struck off for accepting £100 gift

Nurse struck off for accepting £100 gift

Responsibilities of Advocate and Solicitor in Malaysia: Revisiting the meaning of misconduct

The responsibilities of advocate and solicitor include duties towards client, court and the legal profession. Failure to comply with the law relating to the legal profession, advocate and solicitor in Malaysia shall be subjected to disciplinary actions due to misconduct. They shall be struck off as legal practitioners. This paper adopts qualitative research. This paper explains the responsibilities of an advocate and solicitor. This paper suggests that the term "misconduct" is extensive and complicated, and there is a dire need to include the interpretation of the term “misconduct” in section 3 of the Legal Profession Act 1976.

Bogus registrants struck off after fake papers investigation

Bogus registrants struck off after fake papers investigation

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for frontline care home staff soon to become law

British Journal of Healthcare AssistantsVol. 15, No. 6 Health MattersMandatory COVID-19 vaccination for frontline care home staff soon to become lawAlan GlasperAlan GlasperEmeritus Professor of Nursing, University of SouthamptonSearch for more papers by this authorAlan GlasperPublished Online:11 Jul 2021https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2021.15.6.296AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Albert A. Care homes fear mandatory vaccination will lead to exodus of workers. 26 April 2021. https://www.carehome.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1647914/Fears-grow-mandatory-staff-vaccination-could-make-care-home-workers-unemployable (accessed 23 June 2021) Google ScholarAllegretti A. 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Plan to oblige care staff to have Covid jab and England easing delay confirmed. 16 Jun 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jun/16/matt-hancock-confirms-plan-to-require-care-staff-to-have-covid-vaccine (accessed 23 June 2021) Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails 2 July 2021Volume 15Issue 6ISSN (print): 1753-1586ISSN (online): 2052-4420 Metrics History Published online 11 July 2021 Published in print 2 July 2021 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download

Nurse struck off for failing to attempt CPR

Nurse struck off for failing to attempt CPR

Judge rules that GP suspended for excessive prescribing must be struck off.

A GP who was suspended from the UK medical register for 12 months has now been struck off by a High Court judge after a successful appeal by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.1 Mrs Justice Farbey ruled that a medical practitioners tribunal, which decided not to erase David Dighton from the register in October 2019, had reached an “unreasonable” conclusion and that its reasoning was “flawed.” Dighton, who trained in cardiology and worked in academic medicine before becoming a sole practitioner at a private practice in Essex in …

Medical Emergency and Public Health Response in Disaster Settings: A Case Series of Pidie Jaya, Lombok and Palu Earthquakes

Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries, often regarded as a “world disaster laboratory.” Natural disasters cause destruction and human suffering, especially in low- and middle-income countries Objective: This paper presents the overview of a medical emergency and public health response towards several recent earthquakes in Pidie Jaya, Lombok, and Palu of Indonesia. Case Series: The authors examine the appropriateness and effectiveness of the organized disaster response of the Pidie Jaya, Lombok, and Palu earthquakes in medical emergency response. Pidie Jaya Earthquake: A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Pidie Jaya Regency, province of Aceh in Sumatra Island, Indonesia, resulting in 104 people died and others 395 injured. Lombok Earthquake: A series of moderate and strong earthquakes have rocked cities and regencies in Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) causing 436 people died, 783 people with severe injury and 570 people with a mild injury. Palu Earthquake: The 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Donggala district and also affected Palu city and Parigi Mountong regency causing 2657 people died, 4471 people with severe injury and 87,835 people with a mild injury. Important Findings: Though Indonesia has made outstanding progress in disaster management, the country still has many challenges and problems to overcome. The integration of data and information about health needs the progress of relief work, and about various other problems related to health is one of the most urgent and vital for better improving the medical emergency response and public health-related support in disaster settings.

The Lived Experiences of the Lombok Earthquake Survivors

Background: The large-scale earthquake which had struck off Lombok, an island in West Nusa Tenggara, made the survivors faced poor conditions, difficulties, and lack of supplies. Besides physical losses, the survivors also experienced various psychological health disorders that significantly affected their psychological condition as well as life.Purpose: This study was aimed at exploring and gaining deeper meaning from the lived experiences of the Lombok earthquake survivors.Methods: This study used a qualitative method with a descriptive phenomenological approach to elucidate the phenomena from experiences. The participants were ten (10) survivors of the Lombok earthquake, who were determined by purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using Colaizzi's method.Results: The results showed six emerging themes, including (1) problems solving skills when disaster strikes, (2) surviving from the limitations and difficulties, (3) feeling accustomed to earthquake, (4) family is a key source of strength to continue life, (5) getting closer to God by doing religious prayers and actions to have peace of mind, and (6) learning from the disasters to become a better human being.Conclusion: The lived experience of the Lombok earthquake survivors was a long journey where they survived and adapted the difficult situations, as later, they could turn the under-pressure conditions to chances for their personal development. The findings of this study provide insights for nurses to greatly contribute to solving post-disaster psychological issues by strengthening the survivors’ religious aspects, trauma healing, play therapy, and peer-support group.

Junior doctor who was convicted of downloading child pornography is struck off.

A junior doctor who worked in paediatrics before his arrest and conviction for downloading child pornography has been struck off the UK medical register. Ralph Harper, 32, pleaded guilty last March to multiple charges of making indecent photographs. He admitted downloading 36 videos involving children, of which 21 were in the most serious “A” category, which specifies penetrative sex, bestiality, or sadism. He was sentenced last April at Snaresbrook Crown Court, northeast London, to eight months imprisonment, suspended for 16 months.1 He was also placed on the sex …

Tribunal reaffirms decision that psychiatrist who was struck off can practise again

A doctor who was struck off the UK medical register in 2008 for engaging in sexual acts with a vulnerable patient has been allowed back on the register, despite a successful General Medical Council appeal to the courts against the decision allowing him to resume practice.1 Shekhar Chandra was a senior house officer in psychiatry working on the Isle of Wight in 2005 when he twice met a vulnerable patient at her home, engaging in oral sex on the second occasion. Two days later the patient was admitted to hospital after an overdose. Chandra did not disclose his contacts with her to her treating clinicians and made no entry in the medical notes. He was struck off in …

Stephen Hawking’s long-time nurse struck off over care failures

Stephen Hawking’s long-time nurse struck off over care failures

GP who worked as obstetrics and gynaecology locum is struck off after risky caesarean.

A GP who sought to pursue a career in obstetrics and gynaecology despite lacking the training or qualifications has been struck off after he undertook a risky caesarean section that left a patient in intensive care and with “significant and ongoing problems.” A medical practitioners tribunal found that David Nzegbulem took on a locum post as a specialist registrar in obstetrics and gynaecology at Watford Hospital in November 2015 knowing that he lacked the experience to undertake trials of operative vaginal delivery and caesarean sections unsupervised. He had undertaken only locum sessions over a 10 month period in 2015 and worked as a senior house officer in the specialty 20 years before. He had never been recruited into a formal training programme either in …

'Worrying' proportion of minority ethnic pharmacists suspended or struck off GPhC register

'Worrying' proportion of minority ethnic pharmacists suspended or struck off GPhC register

From the Chief Executive and News

From the Chief Executive and News

Culture change is not the only way to address mistakes in the NHS

Confessing to an error at work can be difficult for fear of the consequences, especially if these might include being struck off your professional register. So it is hardly surprising that some nurses can be reluctant to own up after realising that they have administered the wrong drug or an incorrect dosage.

US executions: fight, fudge, or fold?

Our ethical obligations to patients are sometimes overridden by the state, but as a profession we’re generally OK with this. Good medical practice doesn’t expect us to protect the confession of a murderer, or disobey the direction of a judge. But what would we do if the state required something of our profession that overrode our ethical judgement? Would we fight, fudge, or fold? ‘Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that..’ (Martin Luther King Jr, 1963) The US is the only G7 country that executes convicted criminals. There are 31 states that execute, and most require the participation of a licensed physician,1 with doctors variably required to cannulate, titrate drugs, and judge effective progress, unconsciousness, and death. American Medical Association (AMA) guidelines ban physician participation in execution but the AMA does not license doctors.2 Doctors theoretically face being struck off by state medical boards for participating, but none has been. In …