GMC reduces annual retention fees
THE GMC has announced that all registered doctors with an annual retention fee date of 1 April or later will pay a reduced fee of £390 instead of £425 this year.
Call for stricter rules on online drug sales
TOUGHER safeguards are needed to protect people buying medicines online including a ban on the sale of drugs such as antibiotics and opiates, the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has warned.
MDDUS key messages on discount rate reform addressed
MDDUS is pleased that many of its key messages on discount rate reform have been addressed during the third reading of the Civil Liability Bill in the House of Lords yesterday.
Welcome introduction of damages bill in Scotland
MDDUS has welcomed the introduction of the Damages Bill in the Scottish parliament to ensure a fairer and more transparent way of setting the discount rate in future.
Discounted indemnity for occupational medicine
MDDUS is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) to provide cost effective indemnity membership benefits for doctors working in occupational medicine.
Doctors dealing with dental emergencies
Are doctors taking risks in dealing with dental emergencies?
Incisional hernia
...seeing omental tissue evident one week after surgery would be consistent with observations (by the surgeon) of a “large area of deep breakdown” within the wound...
Look before you leap
Transitioning from NHS to private dentistry has its pitfalls. Doug Hamilton offers some advice
Dentistry through the ages
A new exhibition looks back at the highs and lows of 300 years of dentistry