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- 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.
- MDU launches free employment advice helpline - 8 August 2008
The Medical Defence Union, the UK’s largest medical defence organisation, in collaboration with Peninsula Business Services Ltd., is now offering a free employment advice helpline to its GP Group Scheme members, providing immediate guidance on all aspects of employment law.
- MDU highlights medico–legal risks of expert witness work - 25 July 2008
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has welcomed newly-published guidance from the GMC, Acting as an Expert Witness, which sets out the role and duties of doctors who act as expert witnesses.
- MDU says revalidation must be fair and evidence–based - 24 July 2008
Following the publication of the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) Report, Medical Revalidation – Principles and Next Steps, today the MDU welcomes the plans for robust and evidence based assessments of doctors and will work on behalf of our members to ensure that revalidation delivers this.
- Doctors to the rescue ... again and again - 2 July 2008
Asthma attacks, heart attacks, fainting, broken bones and car accident injuries are just some of the problems which have confronted doctors who have stepped in to help a member of the public outside while off-duty according to a survey of Medical Defence Union (MDU) members.
- MDU communications skills workshops for doctors - 17 March 2008
The Medical Defence Union has announced that a limited number of places are remaining for its upcoming communications skills workshops for doctors taking place at its head office in London.
- MDU advises GPs on pitfalls of treating depression - 11 June 2008
The Medical Defence Union, the UK’s largest medical defence organisation, has revealed it paid out nearly £3m in compensation on behalf of GP members to settle 30 claims arising from the treatment of patients with depression during a recent ten-year-period.
- Patient confidentiality is priority with electronic practice records - 17 March 2008
The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, says that GP practices are regularly seeking its advice on how to ensure patient confidentiality when using electronic records.
- Effective communication central to new GMC consent guidance says MDU - 19 May 2008
The Medical Defence Union, welcomes the emphasis in the GMC's new consent guidance on communicating effectively with patients about their condition and treatment, something which regularly features in the MDU's advice to members.
- Think carefully before helping patients seek overseas treatment warns MDU - 12 May 2008
The Medical Defence Union, the UK’s largest medical defence organisation, has advised its GP members to be cautious when responding to requests for help from patients who want to travel abroad for medical treatment.
- 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.
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