Robin Stride

By Robin Stride Private consultants’ and GPs’ difficult experiences with the duty of candour have been revealed in a survey for Independent Practitioner Today by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). It demonstrates much more needs to be done to back doctors when things go wrong and shows how many admit they struggle with their duty to be transparent.

By Robin Stride Consultants have unveiled their blueprint for a private health market disruptor aimed at giving them greater control over fees and give patients a bigger say over who treats them. The ambitious move has already received backing from hundreds of specialists and was cheered by doctors at the BMA’s annual private practice conference where the concept was announced.

By Robin Stride Rising numbers of patients being treated for complications caused by other practitioners are only the tip of the iceberg, warn aesthetic doctors. Members of the British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM) provided treatment to correct 3,547 complications resulting from aesthetic procedures carried out by other practitioners last year – up from 3,523 in 2022-23.