Importance of Informed Consent
All health practitioners would be well aware of their requirements to obtain informed consent from their patients before assessment or treatment takes place. However, Guild Insurance’s vast experience in managing claims made against health practitioners has highlighted that many practitioners don’t meet all their informed consent requirements. What is informed consent? There is an explanation about informed consent in the Code of Conduct for each of the professions regulated by AHPRA. In this document, informed ...
Managing patient expectations in dentistry
Listen or download (mp3) the audio reading of this article, brought to you by Guild Insurance Listen via Youtube or Audio Player It’s well recognised that patients don’t necessarily complain simply based on their clinical outcome. Most dentists will have heard of or seen situations where a patient has experienced an outcome which wasn’t ideal yet wasn’t particularly poor, however the patient has been quite annoyed with the outcome and has lodged a complaint. On ...
Are you prepared for a power outage?
Are you prepared for a power outage? Power outages are unfortunately becoming a somewhat common occurrence in parts of Australia. The threat of heatwaves, and therefore higher than usual demands on power, means that power outages are a real threat to many businesses over summer. Insurance protection during a power outage It’s important that all businesses understand their insurance cover in case of events which impact the running of the business, such as a power ...