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Your prescribing duties at a glance.
The overriding consideration for healthcare professionals must always be the child or young person's best interests.
Your duty of confidentiality to a patient continues after their death.
If parents who have separated ask for medical information about their child, it's important to know how to handle the request sensitively and correctly.
Bansari Patel and Venessa Holt from our in-house legal team take a look at prevention of future deaths reports – and what to do if you receive one.
A GP member contacted the MDU after receiving a complaint from the partner of a patient who had been admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of sepsis.
When a GP registrar couldn't begin a practice post because he wasn't on the performers list, he called the MDU for advice on how to set things right.
What are the key trends in claims involving sepsis? We examine members' cases to better understand this potentially devastating diagnosis.
The 10 Year Health Plan is meant to save the NHS for future generations. But the government must settle the issue of litigation reform before it's too late.
Prof. Rowan Harwood explains how cognitive impairments make communication more complex, and shares his insights on how to talk to patients with dementia.