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Search through expert guidance and practical advice to help you practise with confidence. Everything from responding to complaints to attending inquests, writing reports to investigations, as well as our guide to professional indemnity.
Patients become 'challenging' for a number of reasons. Here we advise on managing the patient while protecting yourself, staff and other patients.
It's always important to maintain professional boundaries with patients...
The patient's choice makes it difficult to monitor their condition and is a particular concern if they are taking high-risk drugs...
Guidance and advice for non-UK medical graduates who want to practise medicine in the UK.
Your quick guide on what to do if you're approached by the media.
It's common for coroners to ask for a report from clinicians involved in caring for a deceased patient. Here are some principles that will help you.
Understanding your role and responsibilities when attending a coroner's inquest.
Expand your medico-legal knowledge with webinars led by MDU doctors.
Book a free 20 minute consultation with Armstrong Watson.
How to minimise risk and avoid complaints when tracking results in GP practices and hospitals.
This isn't advisable. Journalists will record or take down everything you say and can use it in their story...
Telephone consultations, handwritten notes, test results and correspondence also form part of a patient's medical record...