Friday, July 4, 2025

MPS Advice Centre

Top five medicolegal hazards

Good doctors apply clinical knowledge in a way that is legally and ethically correct – but all doctors can slip up. Here are survival...

Consent for end of life decisions

Patients who are approaching the end of their life have the same entitlement to high quality care as other patients, and the GMC clearly...

Working abroad – what you need to know

Want to broaden your experience? Have a sense of adventure? Perhaps you have a passion to practise medicine in...

Digital docs – the pitfalls of using social networking sites

The saying goes "what happens on tour stays on tour", but when posting online bear in mind that what...

Don’t Miss The Signs

All doctors have a responsibility to protect children and young people from abuse or neglect. Charlotte Hudson explores guidance...

Confidentiality – General principles

(Correct as of April 2008) Confidentiality is at the centre of maintaining trust between patients and doctors. As a...

A ‘copy and paste’ culture

The temptation to lift someone else's work from the internet can be overwhelming when struggling to meet a deadline,...

The Stress Factor

Working as a junior doctor gives a new meaning to the word stress. Sara Williams explores how to keep...