Essential communication skills

Martin was one of the GP Programme Directors on the Guildford GP training scheme for 10 years before stepping down in 2019 to write his book 'The GP Consultation Reimagined, a Tale of Two Houses'. He teaches regularly on communications skills.

BSc MBBS MRCP MRCGP LLM Dr Samantha Bell studied medicine at Guy's Hospital Medical School, where she was awarded degrees in physiology and medicine. After gaining MRCP she then went on to train as a GP, gaining MRCGP (distinction) in 2003. She was awarded an LLM in Health Care Ethics and Law in 2015. Sam worked as a GP principal in Hertfordshire before joining the MDU as a medico-legal adviser in 2015.

James designs and delivers training across the MDU from induction programmes to management skills. He also champions raising awareness of equality, diversity and unconscious bias and delivers these courses to MDU members.