Notice board

MDDUS support for GP group schemes

A RANGE of benefits are available to GPs working in practices across the UK where the majority are MDDUS members.

• 29 September 2020
• MDDUS Update

World Patient Safety Day 2020 – comment by Chris Kenny, CEO of MDDUS

Marking World Patient Safety Day (17 September 2020), MDDUS CEO Chris Kenny explains how we promote safe patient care.

• 17 September 2020
• MDDUS Update

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Notice is hereby given of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual General Meeting of The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland

• 17 August 2020
• MDDUS Update

Update on Government’s Existing Liabilities Scheme

The Existing Liabilities Scheme for General Practice in Wales (ELSGP) is expected to begin applying to relevant MDDUS members on 30 June 2020.

• 30 June 2020
• MDDUS Update

MDDUS addresses fears of a spike in prosecutions following COVID-19

MDDUS is calling on the UK’s Law Officers to direct courts to take the unique circumstances of the pandemic into account during any related criminal claim raised against doctors or dentists.

• 29 May 2020
• MDDUS News
• MDDUS Update

MDDUS issues Notice of Special General Meeting

The MDDUS Board has agreed to convene a Special General Meeting (SGM) on Friday 19 June 2020 at 9.45am. The purpose is to consider a special resolution to amend the Articles of Association of MDDUS in regard to the reappointment of directors.

• 29 May 2020
• MDDUS News
• MDDUS Update

Notice of Special General Meeting

Notice is hereby given of a Special General Meeting (SGM) of MDDUS, which the Board has agreed to convene on Friday 19 June 2020 at 9.45am.

• 27 May 2020
• MDDUS Update

Concern over complaints against doctors post-COVID-19

A CROSS-PARTY group of MPs has joined forces to urge Government ministers to commission an independent advisory report into how patient complaints and claims against doctors will be dealt with fairly after COVID-19.

• 27 May 2020
• MDDUS News
• MDDUS Update

Making challenging ethical decisions

IN the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians may be called upon to make difficult ethical decisions, such as which patient gets the last ventilator.

• 29 April 2020
• MDDUS Update

Message from CEO Chris Kenny

We know that the practical, ethical and legal challenges secondary care doctors face will only increase in the coming weeks due to COVID-19.

• 27 April 2020
• MDDUS Update