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A truck enters the Pfizer Manufacturing plant in Puurs, Belgium (photo: Press Association)

Week in Review: A lorry load of hope

Opinion

MDU Covid-19 support

MDU – How we’re helping members during the COVID-19 pandemic

News

"While it is encouraging that the Department of Health has taken the time to listen to the concerns of front line workers, the reality is that this policy needs to be scrapped"

Victory for campaigners as govt exempts school nurses from migrant NHS rules

Opinion

"We are pleased to see the Government’s announcement today of a state-backed indemnity scheme for general practice in England"

MDU announces 50% reduction in GP indemnity costs in anticipation of NHS indemnity introduction

Blogs

"The patients had prepared tea, scones and cakes for the protest. Some of the offerings were 'medicated' with infused cannabis preparations"

Why we took cannabis in front of parliament

Opinion

"The MDU’s Save General Practice campaign highlighted to Government the disastrous effect the reduction in the discount rate (the mechanism courts use to calculate the size of lump sum compensation payable to claimants) would have on GP subscriptions"

MDU asks GPs to put pressure on MPs to solve indemnity crisis

Opinion

"Legal responsibility for missed appointments inevitably depends on the precise circumstances of each individual case"

GPs get advice from MDU on dealing with patients who miss appointments

Featured

Defeat for Environment Bill amendment restricting lead ammunition

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Featured

"The BASC Shotgun Coach of the Year award celebrates those coaches that go over and above their duty to help our sport flourish"

“Inspiring” Lawrie Stewart wins BASC Shotgun Coach of the Year award

In his fourth year as a BASC shotgun coach, Lawrie Stewart overcame strong competition to win BASC’s Shotgun Coach of the Year award at this year’s Midland Game Fair.

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Opinion

"For the third year the scheme provides a temporary respite from indemnity costs for GPs working extra out-of-hours sessions"

MDU welcomes winter indemnity support but presses for permanent solution to unaffordable costs

For the third year running, MDU GP members undertaking additional out-of-hours sessions over the peak winter period can apply to have their indemnity costs funded by NHS England

Opinion

MDU

Compensation culture damaging patients’ ability to access their GP – MDU says

GPs are bombarded with ever more costly compensation claims, because of the current medico-legal climate.

Opinion

"We cannot rely on a profit-driven industry to promote public health."

IAS statement on new report “How alcohol industry organisations mislead the public about alcohol and cancer”

Opinion

MDU

MDU welcomes NAO findings that more needs to be done to control spiralling clinical negligence costs

Opinion

The MDU

MDU says discount rate proposals won’t solve problem of unaffordable GP indemnity costs

Opinion

“Today being Action Mesothelioma Day, our thoughts are with all of those affected by this terrible and entirely preventable disease"

NASUWT marks Action Mesothelioma Day

Opinion

"The current system is almost set up to fail"

MDU calls for renewed focus on just culture to avoid unfairly criminalising doctors

Opinion

"The majority of the UK’s GPs are faced with substantially increased historic claims"

Personal injury discount rate change too little too late MDU says

Blog

"There is political inability - or reluctance - to provide a cure for a health service that has served the nation so well for over 70 years"

The NHS is victim of political short termism – when will the public notice?

Opinion

"Omid’s case speaks so powerfully to the way in which the law, as it stands, denies individuals the dignity and autonomy to choose to end their life and avoid needless pain and suffering"

BHA announces support for Omid’s challenge for an assisted death

Opinion

Food and drink manufacturers are working with the Government as it embarks on a highly ambitious sugars reduction drive.

Reducing sugar in our diet

Opinion

"At present only a third of Londoners achieve the 20 minute walking or cycling target on any given day."

London appoints cycling and walking tsar

Opinion

AMS 2040

A vision for improving the health of the public

Blog

"We're seeing a sudden decline in efforts to get health interventions like needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) and opioid substitution therapy (OST) to people who inject drugs"

War on drugs to cost more lives as harm reduction strategies stall

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