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More GPs are contacting the Medical Defence Union (MDU) for advice about disclosing information to online pharmacies when their patients are prescribed weight loss medications. With the popularity of drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide as weight loss aids, GPs are increasingly being approached by online pharmacies to check if there is anything in a person’s medical… Read more »

Following the publication today of a public accounts committee report into NHS financial sustainability, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) said the NHS should enact long promised reforms aimed at controlling the costs of clinical negligence cases. The MDU was one of the few healthcare organisations to submit written evidence to the committee. Dr Mike Devlin, MDU head of… Read more »
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of England has this lunchtime announced that it is increasing interest rates by 0.5% to 1.75%. This is the biggest rise in interest rates for 27 years. At its meeting on 3 August 2022, the MPC voted by a majority of 8–1 to increase Bank Rate by… Read more »

Rising food and petrol prices sent consumer price index (CPI) inflation to a fresh 40-year high of 9.4 per cent in June. This is up from 9.1 per cent across May. The latest inflation rise was driven by the sharpest single month rise in petrol prices since at least 1989 and food price inflation, which… Read more »
















