GDPR compliance at MDDUS
MEMBERS can be assured that MDDUS is meeting the obligations set out by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and our updated Privacy Notice explains how we control and process your data.
GP risk training day
Learn more about how complaints and negligence claims occur in primary care in an interactive risk training day focused on key areas such as complaints handling, patient communication, chaperones and social media.
Wales opts for state-backed indemnity
THE Welsh government has decided to introduce a state-backed indemnity scheme for GPs in Wales from April 2019 – following in the footsteps of the recent decision by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England.
Support for refugee dentists
A SCHEME to help refugee doctors work in Scotland has now been extended to dentists.
Data opt-out for patients in England
THE “national data opt-out” has been launched in England allowing patients to refuse to have their confidential information used for research or planning purposes.
Vignette: Elsie Maud Inglis
Pioneering physician, suffragist and founder of the Scottish Women's Hospitals Movement
Book choice: The Butchering Art
Book review by Dr Greg Dollman
Inherent risks in remote consulting
Online consulting offers real promise as a means of easing pressure on hard-pressed primary care services - but there are some inherent risks.
Sudden stroke
...Later that day Mr S collapses at home and is taken by ambulance to A&E with left-side weakness and severe headache...