NOTICE BOARD


for Clinical Commissioning Team of the Year which went to the NHS Nottingham City Clinical Commissioning Group for their work to ensure the Health Bill is shaped for the benefit of the local population. Find out more about the awards and 2012 winners at http://groupawards.bmj.com/


Keep us informed of private practice earnings


IF you are a doctor in private practice your subscription is based partly on the work you do and partly on the private fees you earn. Your renewal notice will show the level of earnings upon which your


subscription has been based and it is your responsibility to ensure that this is sufficient to cover expected earnings for the year to come. Should any change be required please


inform MDDUS immediately so that a revised subscription for next year can be calculated. If at the end of next year your estimate has proved to be too high or too low you will have an opportunity at that time to adjust it. We would like to be clear that the figure used should be your gross private earnings from the practice of medicine, however delivered. In the event that you have


Dental indemnity for cosmetic treatment MDDUS offers indemnity for dentists providing non-surgical cosmetic


BMJ Group Awards 2012 MDDUS was proud to act once again as headline sponsor of the recent BMJ Group Improving Health Awards 2012. Medical professionals who have made outstanding contributions to healthcare were honoured at the ceremony held at the London Hilton on Park Lane on May 23. The event was hosted by comedian Sally Phillips and saw winners unveiled in 12 categories. New categories this year included the


Karen Woo Award to recognise an individual who has gone beyond the call of duty to care for patients. It was presented to Lucy Mathen whose charity Second Sight has helped restore sight to more than 50,000 people in India. Dr Mathen gave up her job to run the charity unpaid and full-time. Winner of the Lifetime Achievement


Award was cardiologist and Nobel Prize winner Dr Bernard Lown, whose work has included developing the defibrillator. Dr Alexander Finlayson was named Junior Doctor of the Year for his MedicineAfrica project which helps educate medical students and doctors in Somaliland. This year MDDUS sponsored the award


IN BRIEF


l GLASGOW OFFICE EXPANSION Building and renovation work expanding MDDUS Glasgow offices at Mackintosh House into the adjacent building at 167 Bath Street is nearly complete. The B-listed Georgian townhouse will provide


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much needed additional office space for staff as well as extra meeting rooms for consultations and to accommodate our growing educational programme offered by MDDUS Training and Consultancy services. Entrance to the Glasgow


offices will remain at 120


Blythswood Street. l UPDATE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS Do we have an up-to-date email address and mobile telephone number for you? It’s important that MDDUS is able to contact members


if necessary – and possibly at short notice. So please email membership@mddus.com with your name, membership number and mobile telephone number to allow us to update your contact details if necessary.


SUMMONS


treatment, including Botox. This protection is offered without additional charge as part of a standard GDP subscription but subject to certain conditions. Members must be in the ‘7 sessions or more’ membership category for GDPs and should have graduated before 2010. The member also must provide details of courses attended for the provision


of this type of treatment, as well as plans for updating knowledge. Evidence of protocols being used for patient assessment and the monitoring of treatment provided must also be supplied. Only procedures carried out in the immediate peri-oral area, nasal labial folds and elsewhere on the face are covered, with the neck explicitly excluded, and only non-permanent injectable cosmetic procedures are included. Qualifying members must be registered with CHKS and under the IHAS Scheme, and possess the IHAS quality mark. For more information call our Membership Department on 0845 270 2038


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