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MDDUS conducts annual membership surveys to better understand the experiences of our members and the challenges that impact their practice.
Featured: Wellbeing by design
Following our reception at the Scottish Parliament, MDDUS convened an expert group of senior medical leaders to assess the pressures doctors face and design a blueprint for embedding wellbeing into NHS workforce planning.
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Compassion Fatigue
This report from our 2024 survey shares our members’ experience of compassion fatigue, as well as inter-related factors such as mental health, suicidal ideation and the numbers who are considering leaving the profession.
Microaggressions
This report from our 2023 survey explores our members’ experiences with racist microaggressions in their workplace. It also explores the views of the public on the impact of racist microaggressions on healthcare professionals.
Wellbeing by design
This report from our expert group examines the wellbeing crisis facing doctors in Scotland, highlighting rising burnout, unsafe workloads and the urgent need to embed wellbeing into the design of NHS services.
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We are a mutual, not-for-profit defence organisation founded by and for healthcare professionals. Our doctors are experts in the medico-legal field.
Who?
Who?
We offer access to professionally trained advisers 24 hours a day – 365 days a year – and legal support and indemnity against claims of negligence.
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We exist to support and protect healthcare professionals throughout their career.