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23 April 2015

MDU advises GPs on patient access

The Medical Defence Union has produced guidance for GPs to help them to ensure the confidentiality and accuracy of medical
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7 June 2012

MDU warns on email address fields

Doctors are being warned about the dangers of inadvertently breaching patient confidentiality when sending out group emails to patients.
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16 March 2010

Get consent 2 txt – MDU

GP practices are being advised to get patients’ explicit consent before communicating with them via text message. Latest advice from
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2 December 2009

Doctors warned of Facebook flirts

Doctors have been warned not to respond to flirtatious approaches from patients on social networking sites like Facebook.
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31 May 2007

MDU issues warning on practice website info

GP practices offering health information on their websites must make it clear that the information is intended solely for patients
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26 March 2007

Consider ethical issues of care record, MDU advises

GPs need to consider going beyond implied consent before allowing patient information to be uploaded to the spine, according to
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1 February 2007

Milton Keynes PCT mandates Choose and Book use

A primary care trust has told its GPs that referral letters sent direct to a local hospital will be returned
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8 May 2006

Offer alternatives to self check-in, GPs advised

GP practices who use patient self check-in systems need to make sure patients are informed about their use and offered
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18 April 2006

MDU warns practices of data transfer privacy risks

Practices must warn patients that electronic transmission of data is not totally secure or foolproof, says a medical defence organisation
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28 June 2005

MDU warns GPs to keep electronic records ‘clean’

 The Medical Defence Union has warned GPs that if they do not scrupulously maintain their electronic patient records they may
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