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Issue 24

Summer 2022

Mountain climbers at Everest
Feature

Dreaming of far-flung places

Working as an expedition doctor can be an exciting experience, but there are lots of things to consider before packing your bags.

Also in Summer 2022

In focus

Citizen access to records: advice for GP practices

From April 2022, patients with online accounts have been able to see new entries in their records. We answer some common questions on how it might...

News

More free e-learning resources for MDU members

Two new online courses are now available for members - Learning from significant events, and Confidentiality: insurance and other reports

In focus

Neglected tax issues for healthcare professionals

Morag Miller of Armstrong Watson LLP explains three key tax issues that healthcare professionals need to understand.

Interview

A long history and a bright future

Amid the challenges that outgoing chair of the MDU board Paul Riordan-Eva has had to contend with, he explains why the MDU's founding ethos of...

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Members' stories

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Large and small interconnected cogs

Interview

Speaking from experience: the value of peer-to-peer support

After a gruelling GMC investigation, a retired hospital consultant MDU member wanted to help others in the same situation.

Health and wellbeing Being sued
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Young doctor looking out of window next to empty bed

Feature

Coping with a coroner's inquest

An MDU member shares their experience of dealing with an unexpected call to attend a coroner's inquest.

Coroner
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Storm brewing over sea

Feature

GMC investigation - an MDU member's story

One MDU member gives a personal account of weathering the storm of a GMC investigation.

Being sued Career Children and adolescents
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Support for exhausted doctors

If more is not done to address fatigue and doctors' welfare, it's not only individuals who will suffer - the profession as a whole will too.

Health and wellbeing
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Feature

Fatigue in the NHS: a member's experience

One MDU member shares their story of how fatigue affected their practice, and their patients.

Health and wellbeing

Interviews

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Interview

Interview with Dr Fiona Donald, Royal College of Anaesthetists

Dr Fiona Donald, president of the RCoA, offers her thoughts on how the pandemic has affected her specialty, and how it may inform its future – as well as that of the wider profession.

Coronavirus GMC
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Interview

Addressing patient safety: the Confidential Reporting System for Surgery (CORESS)

Professor Frank Smith of CORESS explains how the charity gives surgeons a new opportunity to share and learn from their experiences.

Managing incidents
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Interview

Beneath the White Coat: in conversation with Dame Clare Gerada

Dame Clare Gerada speaks to Dr Catherine Wills about doctors' mental health and her work with the charity Doctors in Distress.

Coronavirus Health and wellbeing
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Interviews

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Close-up of anaesthetic drip

Interview

Interview with Dr Fiona Donald, Royal College of Anaesthetists

Dr Fiona Donald, president of the RCoA, offers her thoughts on how the pandemic has affected her specialty, and how it may inform its future – as well as that of the wider profession.

Coronavirus GMC
Read more
Surgeons in operating theatre

Interview

Addressing patient safety: the Confidential Reporting System for Surgery (CORESS)

Professor Frank Smith of CORESS explains how the charity gives surgeons a new opportunity to share and learn from their experiences.

Managing incidents
Read more
Charcoal drawing of woman's head

Interview

Beneath the White Coat: in conversation with Dame Clare Gerada

Dame Clare Gerada speaks to Dr Catherine Wills about doctors' mental health and her work with the charity Doctors in Distress.

Coronavirus Health and wellbeing
Read more
See more

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