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NOTICE BOARD


MDDUS practice manager workshops MDDUS is pleased to present a series of workshops tailored for


managers in general medical or dental practice. The programme launches on 24 August, 2011 with a session entitled ‘Leadership and developing your team’. Other sessions are: l Change management - 13 September, 2011 l Introduction to risk management - 26 October, 2011 l Recruiting, selecting and inducting new staff - 12 January, 2012 l Assertiveness - 21 February, 2012. Delegates are welcome to attend all five days or can select individual workshops. All will be based at the Glasgow office of MDDUS and run from 10am to 4pm. The cost is £20 for members and £40 for non-members, with fees covering administration and lunch costs only. For more information or to book a place contact Ann Fitzpatrick, Course Administrator, on afitzpatrick@mddus.com or 0845 270 2034.


administrator on afitzpatrick@mddus.com or call 0845 270 2034.


‘On hold’ membership status ARE you not working due to


retirement, maternity, paternity leave or ill health? You can put your membership on hold. We


have a status called ‘Retired/Deferred Membership’ which is provided free of charge and covers you for 'good Samaritan' acts only. You can reactivate your membership at any time – fully or for periods of four weeks at a time. This category of membership is granted to members who have retired from practice or are not working for a period of three months or more. A condition of this type of cover is that you must have been in membership with MDDUS for a minimum period of one year. For more details and to apply online go to


www.mddus.com. You can also phone our Membership Team for details on 0845 270 2038.


MDDUS at BMJ Group Awards MDDUS chief executive Professor


Gordon Dickson gave the welcome address


Contact Karen Walsh at kwalsh@mddus.com for details of


next year’s grant. l RCPSG TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE MDDUS will be an exhibitor at The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 2nd Triennial Conference for


SUMMER 2011


physicians, surgeons, dentists and associated professionals being held at the SECC in Glasgow on 10-11 November 2011. The conference offers a selection of forums including medical, surgical and dental as well as travel medicine and history. Registration and further


details can be found at


www.rcpsg.ac.uk l GP BENEVOLENT FUND The Cameron Fund is the only medical benevolent charity which solely supports GPs and their families in times of financial need, whether through ill-health, disability, death


at the recent BMJ Group Awards held at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel in London. MDDUS was – for the second year running – headline sponsor of the awards which recognise and celebrate excellence in healthcare across the globe. The Union also sponsored the Primary


Care Team of the Year award which went to the Rainbow Surgery, Cambridgeshire for their promising work treating people with alcohol problems. The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Professor Sir Richard Peto, Co-Director of the Clinical Trials Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit at Oxford University, for his work into the effects of smoking and cancer prevention. Go to the BMJ Group Awards 2011 website for full details of the winners.


MDDUS publications now online


You can now access all MDDUS print publications online by going to our new Publications page on the MDDUS website (www.mddus.com). Web versions of selected articles and a digital viewer and PDFs of the full issues are available for: l Summons- main membership journal lPractice Manager- aimed at medical and dental practice managers lFYi- magazine for final year medical graduates and foundation year doctors l SoundBite- publication for final year dental graduates and postgraduate trainees lGPST - publication for GP specialist trainees lEssential Guides- booklets on core medico/dento-legal topics Find articles on specific topics by


searching our Resource Library at www.mddus.com


or loss of employment. Donations are welcome from individuals and organisations including Local Medical Committees. For more information on how you can help or receive help from the Cameron Fund go to www.cameronfund.org.uk


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