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Long overdue legislation setting out the regulatory framework for physician assistants (PAs) and anaesthesia assistants (AAs) has been published today. Commenting on the legislation, Dr Michael Devlin, head of professional standards and liaison at the MDU said: “This important piece of legislation not only introduces much needed regulation for PAs and AAs, it will also be… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is calling on the newly appointed Health and Social Care Secretary, Thérèse Coffey, to make support for exhausted doctors and regulatory reform the top healthcare priorities for the government. During the Conservative party conference, the MDU published its medico-legal government agenda which outlines three key priorities. They are: Support an… Read more »
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As chair of the House of Commons health and social care select committee, one of the privileges I have is to encounter stories from across the NHS of people working hard to improve our health system. Be it the doctors and nurses developing innovative ways of working through our Clinical Entrepreneur Programme, or those trying… Read more »
A doctor’s consulting room is a special place, a space where we can share our most private thoughts and concerns. When we go to a hospital, we reveal ourselves so that we can get help. We trust our doctors. And doctors take a solemn pledge to uphold that trust. It’s a principle as old as… Read more »
