Notice of Annual General Meeting
Notice is hereby given that the One Hundred and Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
Sign up for MDDUS dental training day
SPACES are still available for an MDDUS training day highlighting common pitfalls in dental practice.
Fixed recoverable costs – DoH must produce more balanced and ambitious action, says MDDUS
MDDUS chief executive Chris Kenny comments on the publication of Lord Justice Jackson’s review into fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases.
Addressing unsafe rotas
PATIENT safety can be affected by your presence as well as your absence. Liz Price offers advice on raising concerns over potentially unsafe rotas.
Disclosure demanded
...details are required in regard to an NMC investigation into allegations of ill-treatment of a patient registered with the practice while in a local nursing home...
Fixed recoverable costs delay is another step backwards
MDDUS chief executive Chris Kenny comments on the postponement of the Government’s response to the consultation on fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases.
Do not be tempted to take shortcuts during consultations
Doctors should not be tempted to take shortcuts as a way of dealing with the time pressures of a ten-minute consultation, says MDDUS.
MDDUS offers reassurance over dental indemnity model
The GDC has warned it members that some insurance policies may be subject to exclusions that could affect the adequacy of their cover.
Online learning to comply with dental CPD requirements
MDDUS is reminding dentists that they will be required to complete a personal development plan as part of the new enhanced continuing professional development scheme (ECPD) announced by the General Dental Council.
Attention dental care professionals – have you declared your indemnity?
THE deadline for dental care professionals (DCPs) to renew their GDC registration is midnight tonight (31 July 2017) – and most DCPs will have paid their annual retention fee (ARF). But have you also declared your indemnity?