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Doctors are being advised by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) to only post information on private WhatsApp groups and other social messaging services that they would be happy to be made public. The MDU issued the advice as new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) on doctors’ use of social media takes effect today. It is… Read more »
Despite the pressures currently facing the NHS, three quarters of doctors reported receiving gifts and thank you messages from patients, according to a survey by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The MDU survey of over 400 doctors found that 75% had received a gift or thank you message from a patient over the past year…. Read more »
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Tony Blair has told MPs that the battle for Falluja would cease immediately if the insurgents in the Iraqi city laid down their arms and agreed to take part in the elections that they were currently seeking to “wreck”. Speaking in the House of Commons the Prime Minister said that Britain had to “hold firm,… Read more »
Peter Mandelson, the incoming European Commissioner for Trade, has called for a “new European convergence” that combines the best of British economic flexibility with continental welfare state and scientific research. Speaking today in Birmingham Mr Mandelson said the modern European model should combine economic dynamism with the greater social equality seen in countries such as… Read more »
