Medical Protection operates a service for the media who are looking for information or commentary on key issues affecting doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Half of doctors say mental health is worse now than during the pandemic
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Nearly half of healthcare professionals in the UK (46%) say their mental health is worse now than it was during the pandemic, and three quarters (75%) feel the Government is not doing enough to help healthcare professionals with mental health issues.
Medical Protection launches a new campaign aimed at supporting doctors through menopause
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Patricia Canedo, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Medical Protection, introduces Medical Protection's new campaign which aims at supporting doctors and healthcare professionals through menopause.
Female doctors must be better supported through menopause to avoid exodus
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Female doctors must be well supported through the menopause to reduce the risk of a potential exodus of passionate and skilled clinicians from the workforce, according to Medical Protection.
Dr Rob Hendry, Medical Director at Medical Protection Society (MPS) comments on the study by the University of Manchester into the link between burnout and patient safety.
Move to finally strip GMC of power to appeal tribunal decisions in 2023 welcomed
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Medical Protection has welcomed commitment from DHSC to progress legislation that will finally strip the GMC of its power to appeal fitness to practise decisions in 2023.
Medical expert reports must consider systems issues to help stop doctors being scapegoats for wider failings
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It should be mandatory for medical expert reports to consider the role systems issues may have played in an adverse patient outcome, according to the Medical Protection Society (MPS).
Doctors who graduated overseas face harsher sanctions when unrepresented at medical tribunals
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Nearly two in five doctors (37%) who graduated overseas did not have legal representation when facing a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) hearing, according to figures obtained by Medical Protection covering 2018-21.
Bold and swift steps needed to tackle clinical negligence system
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The Health and Social Care Committee has published a report (embargoed until 28 April) urging radical reforms to the negligence compensation system that costs NHS billions each year.
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