Our latest GP and primary care media releases. http://www.the-mdu.com/RSS_news_feeds/gp_and_primary_care_media_feed_1.asp 26 August 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1838&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=MDU+advice+line+the+first+call+for+members 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1836&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=MDU+launches+free+employment+advice+helpline 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1834&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=MDU+highlights+medico%96legal+risks+of+expert+witness+work 25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1827&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=MDU+says+revalidation+must+be+fair+and+evidence%96based 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1824&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=Doctors+to+the+rescue+%2E%2E%2E+again+and+again 2 July 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1823&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=MDU+communications+skills+workshops+for+doctors 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1819&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=MDU+advises+GPs+on+pitfalls+of+treating+depression 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1818&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=Patient+confidentiality+is+priority+with+electronic+practice+records 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1810&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=Effective+communication+central+to+new+GMC+consent+guidance+says+MDU 19 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1807&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=Think+carefully+before+helping+patients+seek+overseas+treatment+warns+MDU 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.the-mdu.com/section_GPs_and_primary_care_professionals/topnav_News_3/hidden_Article.asp?articleID=1805&contentType=Media+release&articleTitle=MDU+begins+Chief+Executive+recruitment+process 8 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT