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- DDU announces educational awards finalists for 2008 - 24 October 2008
Some of the best practitioners in dental education will battle it out for the coveted title of teacher of the year in the 2008 DDU Educational awards in London on Wednesday 19 November.
- Learn and share lessons from complaints says DDU - 20 October 2008
Following the National Audit Office report on complaints handling, which highlighted a lack of learning from complaints, the Dental Defence Union, the specialist dental division of the MDU, has stressed the importance of setting up a system to learn from significant events, including complaints, and sharing this knowledge with others.
- UK out in the cold on insurance question says DDU - 3 October 2008
The Dental Defence Union, the specialist dental division of the MDU, today warned that the UK was in danger of being one of the last countries in the EU to persist with an outdated system of indemnifying dental professionals which risks leaving patients uncompensated.
- DDU advises dental professionals who act as expert witnesses - 16 September 2008
The Dental Defence Union (DDU), the specialist dental division of the Medical Defence Union (MDU), today issued advice to dentists and DCPs who write expert reports or give evidence in court or at hearings to help them avoid some of the most common pitfalls.
- MDU continues "doctors for doctors" tradition with new Chief Executive - 16 September 2008
The MDU, the UK's first and largest medical defence organisation for doctors, today announced that it has appointed Dr Christine Tomkins as its new Chief Executive. She will take over from present Chief Executive Dr Michael Saunders after his planned retirement from the MDU Board at the end of April 2009.
- 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.
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