As the GMC launched its new guidance* on making audio and visual recordings of patients, the MDU, the UK's leading medical defence organisation, revealed it opened nearly 60 files in the last two years after doctors sought advice about the ethics of recording patients.The cases included: - GP...
The Medical Defence Union is suggesting GPs review their procedures for managing patients with suspected meningitis as it revealed today it has paid out £22million to settle claims for delay in diagnosing the infection since 1998. According to a new study of medical negligence claims settled...
The recommendation for mandatory indemnity for healthcare professionals is not before time, said the Medical Defence Union (MDU), but it is disappointed that the recommendations do not go far enough. Responding to the publication today of an independent review of the requirement to have...