State-backed indemnity - Update
The UK Government is pushing ahead with its plans to introduce a state-backed indemnity scheme (SBIS) in England and Wales by April 2019.
Information HubWinter Indemnity Scheme for out-of-hours work
NHS England has announced it will again be running an indemnity scheme to support GPs doing extra out-of-hours/ unscheduled care work and extended hours between 1 October 2018 and 31 March 2019. Click below to find out more and to apply.
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State-backed indemnity - what you need to know
The Department of Health in England and the Welsh government are discussing with medical defence organisations the introduction of a state-backed indemnity scheme for GPs in England and Wales.
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MDDUS recruits two new dental advisers as membership grows
Dental defence organisation MDDUS has recruited two new advisers in their London office, as membership continues to grow throughout the UK.
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Risk: Antibiotics - damned if you do
CERTAIN things are sadly inevitable every winter, including the increase in patients presenting in GP surgeries with sore throats, earaches, sinusitis, colds and other flu-like illnesses – but also the upsurge in demand for antibiotics.
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Spotting oral cancer
Professor Stephen Porter offers advice on recognising the signs of this increasingly common disease