Spring 2010

Welcome to the latest edition of Check Up, our parliamentary bulletin.

In this pre-general election issue, we outline the key issues that we believe should be addressed by the next UK government. We are calling on the political parties to:

• Ensure the regulation of healthcare professionals is balanced and proportionate by engaging healthcare professionals in policy development at an early stage.
• Facilitate and promote a culture of candour to encourage relationships of openness and trust between healthcare professionals and patients.
• Make patient safety and risk management a compulsory component of the medical undergraduate and postgraduate curricula.
• Implement Lord Justice Jackson’s recommendations to change the civil litigation process, to make it fair to both claimants and defendants.

In this issue:

• Addressing the balance of regulation 
• Being open to culture change
• MPS Opinion: Trust me, I’m (not) a doctor
• One year on: NHS complaints system
• New training: new ideas 
• Shake-up in civil litigation costs.

Please contact MPS if you would like more information about any of the issues featured in this edition of Check Up.