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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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The Government’s controversial anti-terror bill is back in the House of Lords today after MPs threw out a number of the Lords amendments. Government concessions on the level of judicial involvement in control orders and the promise of an annual review of the powers persuaded a number of rebel Labour MPs to back the bill…. Read more »
The NHS has been told by the Health Service Ombudsman to improve the way it handles patient complaints. A new report from ombudsman Ann Abraham into the complaint system said that patients have been failed by the system for the last eight years. She found that fragmentation of the complaints system, within the NHS and… Read more »