Latest updates and advice

Complaints received by MDU members around cervical smear tests highlight key risk management advice.

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Receiving and storing patient images from online consultations

30 January 2024

Patient images can be helpful in remote consultations, but it's important to be mindful of the medico-legal issues around receiving and storing them.

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Maintaining professional relationships with patients

30 January 2024

The doctor-patient relationship can sometimes expose medical professionals to unwanted attention from their patients.

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Understanding the updates to the Irish Medical Council's good practice guidance

18 December 2023

What you need to know about updates to guidance underpinning the values and principles of being a doctor in the Republic of Ireland.

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Delegation and accountability in the healthcare team

30 October 2023

How to integrate physician associates and anaesthetic associates safely and effectively into teams and manage medico-legal risks.

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Halloween hazards cause headaches for doctors

10 October 2023

We share some fictitious medico-legal scenarios inspired by unusual cases.

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Halloween hazards cause headaches for doctors

10 October 2023

We share some fictitious medico-legal scenarios inspired by unusual cases.

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Being a menopause friendly employer

3 October 2023

It’s important to have a practice policy that sets out support for staff.

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Effectively following clinical guidelines

11 September 2023

Ahead of the GMC's revised Good medical practice coming into effect in January 2024, Dr Ellie Mein discusses the significance of clinical guidelines.

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Certifying deaths after expiry of the Coronavirus Act

28 September 2022

Doctors must have seen the patient during last illness or attended the body to certify death.