Viewpoint: How smart speakers can help support socially isolated patients
Dr Ruth Chambers, Paul Beaney and Alex Rowley explain how smart speakers can help tackle social isol...
COVID-19 vaccination: Medico-legal guidance for GPs
The MDU’s head of advisory services Dr Caroline Fryar answers GPs’ early questions about their respo...
Viewpoint: How our PCN gave 940 COVID-19 vaccines in one day
Cheshire GP Dr Jonathan Griffiths' PCN was one of the first sites to deliver COVID-19 vaccinations i...
New GMC guidance on consent explained
MDU medico-legal adviser Dr Kathryn Leask uses a series of case examples to explain the latest guida...
Viewpoint: Can PCNs overcome the challenges facing rural primary care?
GPs in rural settings have faced unique challenges introducing primary care networks. Dr Manbinder S...
Dealing with aggressive patients during the pandemic
Medical Protection’s Dr Clare Devlin offers advice on how to handle an angry and aggressive patient....
Managing risks when patient care is shared with hospital colleagues
Dr Kathryn Leask, MDU medico-legal adviser, examines who is responsible for patient care when treatm...
Advance decisions to refuse treatment - what GPs need to know
A recent case has underlined the need for GPs to communicate a patient’s known wishes about their ca...
How we successfully recruited GPs to work in our practice
A practice that had previously struggled to recruit GPs had a hugely positive response after launchi...
Medico-legal: How GPs can deal with referral delays caused by COVID-19
The MDU's Dr Kathryn Leask outlines steps GPs can take to try and avoid patients coming to harm as a...
