NOTICE BOARD
Membership matters Attention junior or training
grade doctors JUNIOR or training grade doctors will be aware that your membership includes up to £10,000 cover from work that is not otherwise indemnifi ed by your NHS post. With eff ect from your renewal date in
2014, this threshold will not include cover for the following: • primary care services, such as work as a GP, GP locum or GP out-of-hours sessions, with the exception of work done as part of a formal GP training programme.
• obstetrics • Spinal surgery • Cosmetic surgery • Botox and other non-permanent fi llers • Gynaecology • orthopaedic surgery • Neurosurgery • Forensic/police physician work (FME) • occupational health • Non-NHS palliative/hospice work • pharmaceutical physician work • Expert medico-legal report writing.
In addition, where a junior/training grade doctor (non-consultant) performs private
practice treatment, we would normally expect such practice, for example a resident medical offi cer, to be performed under the direction of a senior colleague (such as a consultant) with overall responsibility for the patient’s clinical care. The £10,000 limit will continue to
provide cover for all other aspects of work outside your NHS contract, including attendance at music and sporting events. These changes will take eff ect from your
next renewal date, but should you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact our Membership Team.
Private GP indemnity Please note a separate subscription rate exists for those members working in a private GP capacity, where the GP may be seeing patients outwith an NHS setting, such as a private clinic or walk-in centre. Likewise, our standard GP and private GP rates no longer provide indemnity for cosmetic surgery procedures, with the exception of Botox and other non- permanent fi llers. Members should contact Membership to discuss increasing cover to ensure adequate and appropriate indemnity is in place.
Online video modules mitigate risk
FOUR new online video modules have been launched by the Risk Management Team at MDDUS, off ering advice and guidance on some common medico-legal risk areas in general practice. These resources are among the
fi rst to go live as part of a new online risk management service at MDDUS being developed to help doctors, dentists and their wider healthcare teams manage and mitigate business and clinical risk. The new service is exclusive to MDDUS members and builds upon our long history of helping
Forensic or police physician work MDDUS recently revised the pricing structure for those members who perform forensic/police physician work. We have already contacted a number of members who we know are working within this specialty to advise of these changes, however if you perform forensic/police physician work and you have not heard from us in the past few weeks, then please contact Membership Services to check the level of cover you have is still suffi cient for this type of practice. This is particularly important for GPs, as in the past we have included cover for forensic/police physician work through the standard GP subscription rate, but depending on your exact circumstances, you may need to increase your membership cover to include these activities. For questions on thes e or any other membership matters contact our Membership Team on 0845 270 2038 or email
membership@mddus.com
n Stephen Kelly, Membership Services Mana ger
doctors, dentists, practice managers and their teams improve the quality of processes, people and patient service. Each video is led by one of our
experienced MDDUS risk advisers and is accompanied by a relevant risk checklist to help teams work towards building a safer practice. The topics are: • Maintaining the integrity of your prescribing record
• Managing confi dentiality in a practice setting
• Managing test results • Risk tools – process mapping. More video modules will be available soon along with pod casts, blogs and other resources on a variety of risk management topics. To access the videos go to the Risk Management page at
www.mddus.com
● CAUTION SWITCHING ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS Prescribers treating patients with oral antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) are being urged to consider carefully any decision to switch between diff erent manufacturers’ products
WINTER 2014
for a particular drug. This advice comes in the November MHRA drug safety update. Concerns regard the narrow therapeutic index of some of the drugs and the potentially serious consequences of therapeutic failure. Access the MHRA alert at
www.tinyurl.com/qjrrhez ● DENTAL SUBS FOR DIRECT ACCESS Dental hygienists and therapists will be aware that from May of this year they can see patients without a prescription and without the patient having to see a dentist
fi rst (direct access). A supplement to the standard subscription rate will now apply for direct access, varying between £15 - £60 depending on your exact circumstances. Contact MDDUS Membership Services for further details at 0845 270 2038.
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