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- Legal cost regularly outstrip patients' compensation payment say DDU - 19 August 2008
Legal costs paid by the DDU on behalf of its members frequently outstrip compensation payments made to negligently injured patients says the DDU, the specialist dental division of the Medical Defence Union (MDU), which provides insured indemnity to 30 percent of UK dental professionals.
- MDU advice line the first call for members - 14 August 2008
Disclosing information about a child to an estranged parent and a patient refusing treatment following a paracetamol overdose were among the 25,000 calls to the MDU 24-hour advice line last year, revealed in the MDU’s Annual Report and Accounts 2007 published today.
- Insurance still available for non–surgical cosmetic procedures - 24 July 2008
Following the GDC’s position statement, issued on 10 July 2008, that non-surgical cosmetic procedures such as botulinum toxin and dermal fillers are not the practice of dentistry, the DDU, the specialist dental division of the Medical Defence Union, has today reassured members that they can still obtain insured indemnity for these procedures.
- DDU advises dentists and dental nurses on indemnity - 12 May 2008
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) is offering professional indemnity advice to dentists and their dental nurses ahead of the start of compulsory General Dental Council (GDC) registration for dental care practitioners on 31 July 2008.
- MDU begins Chief Executive recruitment process - 8 May 2008
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK's first and largest defence organisation for doctors, has begun the recruitment process for a new Chief Executive ahead of Dr Michael Saunders' planned retirement from the MDU Board at the end of April 2009.
- DDU introduces insurance for cosmetic procedures - 30 April 2008
The DDU, is pleased to be able to introduce indemnity insurance for dentist members who want to administer botulinum toxin and non-permanent resorbable dermal fillers to patients' lips or face, but excluding the neck.
- DDU seeks nominations for 2008 educational awards - 7 April 2008
The DDU, the specialist dental division of the MDU, has started its search for the most outstanding and inspirational dental teachers of 2008. Students and vocational dental practitioners (VDPs) have until 1 September to nominate the teachers or trainers they think deserve to win one of the DDU's prestigious Educational Awards.
- DDU further expands its team of dento–legal advisers - 28 February 2008
The DDU has appointed a new dento-legal adviser to further strengthen its expert team. Alison Large will help the DDU's existing team respond to the increasing number of calls and requests for assistance from DDU members.
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