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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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Crime, bendy buses and the congestion charge were among the issues riling the leading London mayoral candidates in last night’s TV debate. BBC2’s Newsnight programme hosted the three-way debate between the incumbent Labour mayor Ken Livingstone, Conservative candidate Boris Johnson and Liberal Democrats’ Brian Paddick. Mr Livingstone faced pressure from both his main challengers on… Read more »
London mayoral campaign teams are trying different tactics at reaching voters with just over three weeks to go until polling day. Ken Livingstone’s party political broadcast, shown on BBC1 last night, saw the incumbent candidate wandering around the capital, travelling on the London Underground and visiting the Crossrail plan. Boris Johnson, currently leading in the… Read more »
