GP exonerated after 15 months in prison for 'assault' on patient
A Birmingham GP who served 15 months in prison after being found guilty of sexual assault on a patie...
High court rejects appeal over locum death-in-service benefits
A High Court judge has rejected an appeal over the denial of death-in-service benefits to the widowe...
Medico-legal advice: Coping with winter pressures
With warnings about the pressures facing the NHS this winter, Dr Caroline Fryar, MDU head of advisor...
How to ensure safe online prescribing
As more patients begin to access GP services online, prescribing online is becoming common. Dr Naeem...
First MDO completes switch to state-backed GP indemnity across England and Wales
The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has become the first of the three main providers of GP medico-l...
Conducting online consultations - medico-legal advice
From next year all practices in England will be expected to provide online consultations. The MDU's ...
New rules on reporting deaths to the coroner explained
New regulations that specify the circumstances in which a death must be notified to the coroner were...
Medico-legal: When patients want to record their consultations
MDDUS risk adviser Alan Frame explains patients' right to record consultations with a doctor and wha...
GP dilemma: Responding to a firearms license application
How should GPs approach a police request for medical information relating to a firearms application?...
GPs can ask patients not to film their faces if they record consultations
GPs have been told they can ask patients taking video recordings of consultations not to film their ...
