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• Patient's rights in cross–border healthcare - 11 November 2008

  The MDU prepared a submission to the House of Lords Select Committee on the European Union Inquiry into The European Commission’s proposed directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare.

• Prescribing and administering botulinum toxin - 23 October 2008

  The GMC has updated its prescribing guidance to make it clear that Patient Group Directions are not suitable for the supply and administration of botulinum toxin which can only now be prescribed on a patient specific basis.

• Inquiry into Patient Safety - 30 September 2008

  The MDU prepared a response for the Health Committee on Patient Safety

• No such thing as bad publicity? - 4 September 2008

  Doctors who employ PR agencies to raise their profile need to be aware of the medico-legal implications.

• 2007 Annual Report and Accounts - 12 August 2008

  This is a pdf version of the MDU 2007 Annual Report and Accounts. This publication also includes Cautionary Tales - a collection of cases illustrating the variety of advice calls, problems and claims we have assisted with.

• Multiple Medico–Legal Jeopardy conference – 27 November 2008 - 7 August 2008

  Come and meet the MDU at the Multiple Medico-Legal Jeopardy conference at the Royal College of Physicians, London.

• A doctor’s criminal conviction is never spent - 17 July 2008

  News that an A-grade student had an offer of a place at medical school withdrawn, apparently because of a spent criminal conviction received widespread media attention recently.

• MDU Journal June 2008 - 27 June 2008

  Controlled drugs, the new Corporate Manslaughter Act and reducing suicide risk in depressed patients - it's all in this pdf version of our journal.

• Changes to GMC registration for doctors over 65 - 18 June 2008

  It has been announced that doctors who are 65 or over will no longer be exempt from payment of the GMC’s Annual Retention Fee (ARF). Members who decide not to remain on the GMC register can remain with the MDU as retired members.

• The importance of reviewing a complaint - 2 June 2008

  The MDU reminds doctors that in the complaints process consideration should be given to include a significant event analysis to help resolve any underlying problems and reduce the possibility of the problems recurring.

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