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Press office contacts

MPS operates a service for the media who are looking for information or comment on issues affecting the professional practices of doctors and other healthcare professionals. The MPS Press Office can arrange interviews with spokespeople who are registered medical practitioners and hold a legal qualification.

MPS spokespeople are experienced and authoritative professionals, well placed to comment on the medicolegal, ethical and healthcare policy issues of the day.

For information or to arrange an interview contact the MPS Press Office:

Kelly Ley-Dahm - Media Relations Manager
Phone: 020 7399 1428, email: kelly.ley-dahm@mps.org.uk
Kim Watson - Press Officer
Phone: 020 7399 1409, email: kim.watson@mps.org.uk
Gareth Cockman - Press Officer
Phone: 020 7399 1419, email: gareth.cockman@mps.org.uk

The Press Office is contactable 24-hours per day, seven days a week. If you are calling outside the usual office hours contact the on-duty press officer on 0845 605 4000. You may also be interested in reading our Guide for Doctors on Handling the Media, to find out how MPS can help you deal with media attention.

Are you ready for the Olympics? MPS’s advice for medical volunteers
17 May 2012
The six-month countdown to MPS’s international conference on quality and safety in healthcare has begun
16 May 2012
MPS welcomes GMC guidance on assisted suicide but calls for greater clarity
4 May 2012
Fear of consequence is primary deterrent for blowing whistle says doctors’ survey
3 May 2012
Embrace the challenges in general practice – new MPS handbook for F2s
23 April 2012
MPS helps achieve greater protection for patient confidentiality in Health and Social Care Act
27 March 2012
Impact of NHS rationing and effect on patient care discussed at MPS conference
22 March 2012
Keep Scottish legal costs reasonable – MPS response to civil litigation reform
16 March 2012
MPS reveals speakers for its international conference on quality and safety in healthcare
27 February 2012
MPS welcomes revised Good Medical Practice but expresses concerns for its practicality
10 February 2012
Sir Liam Donaldson urges junior doctors to be agents for change for patient safety
3 February 2012
Build culture of openness with patients not contract, says MPS response to Duty of Candour consultation
2 February 2012
PHSO’s ‘Information Promise’ welcomed by MPS, but more rationale on redress payments is needed
2 February 2012
MPS data shows inquests are most common enquiry from junior doctors
1 February 2012
MPS welcomes revalidation but identifies areas for concern
27 January 2012
Organisations must support doctors in raising concerns about patient safety
26 January 2012
Communication proves the top risk for UK general practices in 2011
24 January 2012
Good documentation is critical says MPS following spotlight on whiplash claims
19 January 2012
MPS is concerned about the ‘tsunami’ of guidelines doctors face
8 December 2011
MPS welcomes new Finance Director, Howard Kew
28 November 2011
MPS welcomes the Good Medical Practice review, but hopes for realism
1 November 2011
Stand out from the crowd and enter the MPS student competition
21 October 2011
Child protection guidance: Extend awareness of doctors’ duty of confidentiality beyond the medical profession
14 October 2011
Helping GPs and out-of-hours providers make sense of CQC registration
7 October 2011
Short term savings could lead to long term expense
30 September 2011