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Current Issue, Spring 2024
As one MDU member describes, when a single incident leads to multiple outcomes and investigations, it can be hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel without the right support.
Artificial intelligence promises to deliver revolutionary changes to our everyday lives. But how will that affect healthcare – and how can doctors prepare?
Changes to NHS pensions have left some healthcare professionals unsure how they're affected. Armstrong Watson's Morag Miller clears up the confusion.
Understanding the care of patients with specific needs is key to ensuring good care, and to improving future services – as the team from LeDeR explain.
Doctors in Distress trustee Dr Chaand Nagpaul CBE discusses the pressures currently facing GPs and reducing the stigma surrounding mental health
"I think it's really important that we make it much more open and understood that doctors are human beings - just the same as their patients - and they're prone to the same stresses and strains."
Medico-legal dilemmas
An unusual request from a deceased patient's relative raised some confidentiality concerns for a GP member, who called us for advice.
An MDU member asked for advice around consent and communication between a practice, a patient and a parent.
Progress to reform our flawed litigation system has stalled, but the clock is ticking - and it's getting louder as costs start to rise again.