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More doctors in the UK choose the MDU for their indemnity than any other medical defence organisation.
With state-backed indemnity, you still need our expert guidance.
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Over 98% of calls to the MDU medico-legal helpline are connected straight to a medico-legal adviser during normal working hours.
Over the last 10 years we successfully defended almost 77% of claims, making no compensation payments.
There is clear guidance on appropriate relationships between current patients and doctors. Dr Beverley Ward considers the dating dilemmas you may not see coming.
Insight into the challenges our members have faced and how we have assisted.
Complaints are unavoidable, so knowing how to deal with them appropriately when they arise is vital.
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To help reduce the risk of a delayed or missed heart failure diagnosis, we examine cases involving heart failure in light of a new report from the British Heart Foundation.
Complaints are an unavoidable part of a doctor’s professional life, so it’s important to know how to prevent them from escalating.
Occupational health doctors face situations unique to their specialty due to the need to balance their ethical duty to patients against the expectations of employers.
The MDU helped a GP respond to a patient's family, who made a complaint after complications meant the patient's body couldn't be donated to a medical school after his death as he had wanted.
Dr Shabbir Choudhury, senior medical claims handler, analyses clinical negligence claims notified by MDU radiology members and provides advice on managing risk.