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MDDUS responds to PSA Scottish manifesto

The PSA is right to highlight patient safety and the need for meaningful system learning.

  • 19 February 2026
  • News & Views

Doctors issue election warning on NHS workforce

Sticking-plaster wellbeing approach failing doctors, services and patients

  • 04 February 2026
  • News & Views

MDDUS responds to the Public Accounts Committee's report on the cost of clinical negligence

Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee’s report on the costs of clinical negligence, Chris Kenny, chief executive at MDDUS, said:
“This report underlines the urgent need for the government to tackle the scale of clinical negligence costs in England and Wales."

  • 30 January 2026

MDDUS survey highlights challenges GPs face in managing childhood obesity

A new survey has revealed how often GPs see obesity in children and adults, as well as the difficulties family doctors face when raising health concerns about patients’ weight.

More than half of 540 GPs surveyed (56%) have treated obesity in adult patients, while a third (34%) have managed obesity in both adults and children.

  • 26 January 2026
  • Press release

Statement from MDDUS on the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry

Comment from the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) which has provided Drs Inkster, Peters and Redding with legal support throughout the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.

  • 22 January 2026
  • Press release

MDDUS responds to the GMC's EDI update

Commenting on the GMC’s annual equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) progress update, Chris Kenny, chief executive of MDDUS, said:

“We endorse the GMC’s statement that inequalities in medicine are not inevitable and wholeheartedly support its calls for healthcare leaders and employers to do more to address this challenge."

  • 15 January 2026

MDDUS announces new Head of Dental

MDDUS, who represent 70,000 dentists and doctors across the UK, has today (1 Dec) appointed Helen Kaney to the role of Head of Dental Division.

  • 01 December 2025

MDDUS comments on new GMC report: The State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK

Commenting on the GMC’s The State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK report, Dr Naeem Nazem, head of medical at MDDUS said:

“International medical graduates (IMGs) play a key role in keeping the NHS running, meaning these new figures from the GMC represent a shift that deserves attention.

  • 21 November 2025

MDDUS comment on the NAO’s cost of clinical negligence report

Chris Kenny, chief executive of MDDUS, comments on the National Audit Office's cost of clinical negligence report

  • 17 October 2025
  • Press release

MDDUS successfully defends high value clinical negligence claim against bariatric surgeon

Emma Parfitt, MDDUS Deputy CEO and General Counsel, comments on a significant legal victory by MDDUS

  • 16 October 2025
  • Press release

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