Risk management: top issues and advice
Members of the MDU's expert team share their top tips on risk-management and common medico-legal issues.
2017, issue 8
2017, issue 8
2017, issue 8
In Focus
In focus
Learning lessons from complaints and claims about suicide
Learning lessons from cases where a patient has taken their own life can help improve suicide prevention.
Leader
The ticking clock of clinical negligence reform
The new government must reform the outdated clinical negligence system, before it's too late.
Case study
Treating adolescents
An example case from an MDU member highlights some key medico-legal issues for doctors treating adolescents.
Feature
Visionary ideas: the Arclight and RCP bedside vision check tool
The MDU is proud to help open members' eyes to two new tools that help quickly and easily assess patients' vision.
In focus
Anaesthesia and consent: interpreting and applying new guidelines
Interpreting the latest guidance on consent from the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.
In focus
Remediation: insight and improvement
Done properly, remediation can help you improve and rebuild your practice after something has gone wrong.
Case study
Patient consent: an anaesthetist's dilemma
An anaesthetist was unsure how to proceed after clashing with a colleague over patient consent to receive blood products.
News
MDU to co-host PIAA international medical indemnity conference
The MDU is proud to co-host the PIAA's international medical indemnity conference in central London this October. Our chief executive Dr Christine Tomkins has the details.
Interview
Surgeons as second victims
Kevin Turner talks about the particular stresses faced by surgeons when something goes wrong with a patient's care.
Case study
Ruptured Achilles tendon
A patient developed a pre-Achilles tendon bursitis and was referred for a steroid injection.