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- 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.
- 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News that an A-grade student had an offer of a place at medical school withdrawn, apparently because of a spent criminal conviction received widespread media attention recently.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.
- New GMC guidance on beliefs - 17 March 2008
The GMC has launched new ethical guidance on Personal Beliefs and Medical Practice advising doctors how they can ensure their personal beliefs do not adversely affect their relationships with or treatment of patients.
- GMC supplementary guidance only available online - 5 November 2007
The GMC have advised us that the supplementary guidance to Good Medical Practice will only be available on their website.
- GMC publishes new guidance on treating under 18s - 23 October 2007
The GMC has published new guidance for doctors treating children. The guidance entitled; 0-18 years: guidance for all doctors, highlights that doctors should always act in the best interests of children and young people and explains how to assess best interests, which may not always be straightforward.
- Mental Capacity Act supersedes GMC guidance - 8 October 2007
The GMC has asked us to alert you to a number of paragraphs from its guidance which have been superseded by the Mental Capacity Act 2005, which came fully into force in October 2007.
- Medical management of the professional rugby player - 18 September 2007
Michael Rees spent his elective in New Zealand learning about a field of medicine not covered in great detail by the core curriculum yet still an important part of medical practice.
- MDU electives competition result - 12 September 2007
The winners of the MDU 2006/07 Electives Competition have been decided.
- Diabetes, hypoglycaemia and driving - 23 August 2007
Members are reminded of the importance of ensuring that patients with diabetes are advised appropriately about driving and their responsibilities regarding the DVLA.
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