Identifying and resolving conflicts in clinical practice
Conflict can arise in many forms and for many different reasons, so here's some expert ethical advice on how to handle it when it occurs.
Spring 2022
Spring 2022
Spring 2022
In focus
News
Conflict resolution, duty of candour: free webinars
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Claims analysis
Focus on ophthalmology claims
Analysing claims against ophthalmology members and offering advice on managing risk in the speciality.
In focus
Pensions tax: a bitter pill to swallow?
Understanding your pension - and how it's taxed - isn't always straightforward. But getting it right can make a big difference to your future plans.
Leader
Support for exhausted doctors
If more is not done to address fatigue and doctors' welfare, it's not only individuals who will suffer - the profession as a whole will too.
Interview
Interview
Interview with Dr Fiona Donald, Royal College of Anaesthetists
Dr Fiona Donald, president of the RCoA, offers her thoughts on how the pandemic has affected her specialty, and how it may inform its future – as well as that of the wider profession.
Feature
Feature
Fatigue in the NHS: a member's experience
One MDU members shares their story of how fatigue affected their practice, and their patients.
Doctors for doctors
Interview
Wise counsel: the MDU cases committee
Dr Simon Watkin and Dr Harjinder Sandhu explain how the MDU's cases committee is true to the organisation's 'doctor for doctors' philosophy, and why everyone benefits from its work.
Feature
Supporting clinicians through complaints
Dr Leila Ellis and Dr Laura Hulmes, scholars at the Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA), discuss the impact of complaints and where doctors can turn to for support.