Doctors organisation MDDUS comments on Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
Doctors organisation MDDUS comments on Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
MDDUS signs joint statement raising concerns over proposed changes to Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill
MDDUS has joined six other medical and healthcare membership organisations in issuing a joint consensus statement outlining significant concern about proposed changes to the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
MDDUS responds to PSA Scottish manifesto
The PSA is right to highlight patient safety and the need for meaningful system learning.
Doctors issue election warning on NHS workforce
Sticking-plaster wellbeing approach failing doctors, services and patients
MDDUS responds to the Public Accounts Committee's report on the cost of clinical negligence
Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee’s report on the costs of clinical negligence, Chris Kenny, chief executive at MDDUS, said:
“This report underlines the urgent need for the government to tackle the scale of clinical negligence costs in England and Wales."
MDDUS survey highlights challenges GPs face in managing childhood obesity
A new survey has revealed how often GPs see obesity in children and adults, as well as the difficulties family doctors face when raising health concerns about patients’ weight.
More than half of 540 GPs surveyed (56%) have treated obesity in adult patients, while a third (34%) have managed obesity in both adults and children.
Statement from MDDUS on the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry
Comment from the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS) which has provided Drs Inkster, Peters and Redding with legal support throughout the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry.
MDDUS responds to the GMC's EDI update
Commenting on the GMC’s annual equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) progress update, Chris Kenny, chief executive of MDDUS, said:
“We endorse the GMC’s statement that inequalities in medicine are not inevitable and wholeheartedly support its calls for healthcare leaders and employers to do more to address this challenge."
IMG Conference 2025
Chair of the Scottish IMG Conference 2025 and Head of the MDDUS Medical Divison, Dr Nazem reflects on the event in November 2025
MDDUS announces new Head of Dental
MDDUS, who represent 70,000 dentists and doctors across the UK, has today (1 Dec) appointed Helen Kaney to the role of Head of Dental Division.