MDDUS welcomes new RMBF campaign to support doctors
MDDUS fully supports the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund’s (RMBF) new campaign, Together for Doctors, which aims to raise awareness of the need to offer support to doctors working under increasing difficulty and scrutiny.
Bleak Practice five
This fifth episode in our GP practice-based drama explores the risks associated with the use of locum doctors.
MDDUS welcomes regulation reform consultation
The UK’s fastest growing defence organisation MDDUS welcomes today’s government consultation launch on reform of the regulation of healthcare professionals.
MDDUS urges Government to address rising clinical negligence costs
MDDUS is urging the Government to acknowledge the need for tort reform and set out a comprehensive plan for its implementation in order to address rising clinical negligence costs.
Nominations open for BMJ Awards 2018
HEALTHCARE teams can submit entries for the BMJ Awards 2018 – with headline sponsorship from MDDUS.
Early practitioner dental risks training day
NEW dental graduates can learn about common risks in practice at an MDDUS training day.
Dental risk conference – featuring MDDUS
RECORD keeping and dealing with claims of negligence will be the hot topics discussed by MDDUS’ Aubrey Craig in Dublin this week.
Altering patient notes
CLINICAL notes are an important record of the encounters between medical or dental staff and their patients. Altering them in a less than honest or straightforward way can result in serious consequences.
Non-compliant diabetic
...The infected foot proves unresponsive to antibiotic therapy and six days later Mr A undergoes a below-knee amputation...
Complaints in practice - GP workshop
This workshop tool allows GPs and PMs to cover key issues around complaints handling with their practice team. It includes a range of scenarios accompanied by notes, answers and rationales.