This two and a half hour eLearning course is divided into nine modules of interactive content. It features interviews with leading experts working with the Mental Capacity Act.

MPS responds to the Scottish Government consultation on the the inflation index for the calculation of the PIDR and the methodology for calculating the judicial rate of interest.

MPS responds to the Northern Ireland Department of Justice's consultation on the PIDR.

Medical Protection Society (MPS) – the world’s leading protection organisation for doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals – has announced the appointment of Catherine Rutland to its Council.

The Code of Practice for medical defence organisations was launched one year ago. Our team reflects on its impact over the last 12 months.

Medical Protection has urged GPs to consider requests from patients to declare them ‘fit to participate’ in high-risk activities carefully, and ensure they have adequate professional indemnity in case the patient is injured and makes a claim for compensation.

GPs may be unsure about declaring patients fit to take part in physical events. Medical Protection provides advice on this common query.

Essential advice about protecting yourself online. The article looks into cases and GMC guidance around online activity and social media, with key things you need to know as a medical student and junior doctor.

Read the new underwriting position that’s been introduced due to the increasing adoption of AI.

Anju arranged a clinical elective in a remote, resource-limited healthcare facility in a third-world country where state-funded healthcare was very limited.

James was a final-year medical student who had arranged a clinical elective in Cambodia. He had secured the placement through his uncle, who was an intensive care doctor working in the area.

Lisa arranged a clinical elective in a remote town in South America through a family connection – a relative who was a practising doctor in that region. She wanted to explore the use of holistic and alternative medicine in underserved communities.