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Time to reform clinical negligence law to end the ‘blatant gaming’ of the system

The chief executive of the doctors’ organisation MDDUS has today called on the government to reform clinical negligence law to prioritise early settlement and deter unjustified cases.

  • 14 May 2025
  • Press release

The GMC must make meaningful changes to the outdated Medical Act (1983)

We are calling on the General Medical Council to use the opportunity of the government’s renewed commitment to regulatory reform to make its fitness to practise process as fair as possible for doctors.

  • 13 May 2025
  • Press release

GPs need meaningful Scottish government funding to fix the ‘8am lottery’

Family doctors can only end ‘the lottery of the 8am call’ if Scottish ministers pledge a more realistic approach to GP funding, according to a leading doctors organisation.

  • 08 May 2025
  • Press release

MDDUS speaks out on Prime Minister’s plans to abolish NHS England

Wherever control of the NHS in England sits, MDDUS’ goal remains the same: ensuring healthcare professionals are supported and can thrive in their jobs.

  • 14 March 2025
  • Press release

MDDUS finds that three quarters of young healthcare professionals experience burnout at work

A new analysis of the experience of people working in the NHS has found that young people – Generation Z – are becoming ever more stressed and unhappy.

  • 20 February 2025
  • Press release

MDDUS responds to judgement on GDC v Aga

Immediate orders are no longer a rarity. The lack of clarity in the law, risks the timeline of suspension becoming unacceptably punitive, particularly to any registrant seeking to appeal the decision.

  • 10 February 2025
  • Press release

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