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Reducing Risk 🎙️ | Wellbeing Series: Tips for Managing Difficult Relationships with Colleagues (Part 2)

Workplace conflict can affect both your wellbeing and your professional practice. In this episode, Dr Bronwyn Campbell returns to discuss the medicolegal consequences of conflict at work and shares practical tips on what can help resolve difficult situations and strengthen workplace relationships.

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The medical treatment of elite and professional athletes is widely recognised as an area of particular medicolegal risk.

Deputy Medical Director, Dr Sarah Townley, outlines the medicolegal challenges in caring for elite athlete patients in Medical Independent

Managing medico-legal risk when treating elite athletes - Medical Independent Dr Sarah Townley outlines the medico-legal challenges in caring for patients participating at a high sporting level...

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Medical Protection membership includes humanitarian work for up to 3 months at no extra cost?

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In our recent ‘Closing the AI Liability Gap’ report we explored the current product liability framework, and the risk of doctors becoming a ‘liability sink’ - absorbing all legal responsibility if a patient comes to harm, even if harm arises due to a defective AI system. 🩺

Thank you to Dr Annabelle Painter for inviting our Deputy Medical Director Sarah Townley onto the RSM Digital Health Section podcast to discuss the report, and what steps doctors can take when onboarding and using AI tools to minimise medicolegal risk. 🎙️

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https://bit.ly/4xrnd1j

Liability sinks & How to avoid becoming one. With Dr Sarah Townley- Deputy Medical Director at MPS Digital Health Podcast- Royal Society of Medicine · Episode

A survey by the Society of Radiographers has revealed that NHS staff have been experiencing increased racism from patients over the past 18 months.

Read our full comment from Chief Member Officer, Dr Rob Hendry: https://www.medicalprotection.org/uk/articles/medical-protection--healthcare-staff-should-not-go-to-work-fearing-racism-and-abuse

🇲🇾 We recently submitted our response to the National AI Office consultation on Malaysia’s proposed AI Governance Bill.

This marks an important step towards developing a comprehensive legal framework for the safe use of AI in healthcare. A clear governance framework is essential to encourage innovation while maintaining public confidence.

However, the proposed Bill would benefit from greater clarity in some areas, including on liability arrangements should AI contribute to patient harm.

Read more - https://www.medicalprotection.org/malaysia/casebook-resources/news/news/proposed-ai-governance-bill-a-vital-step--but-more-clarity-needed-on-liability-arrangements

🇲🇾 Medical Protection’s Sara Jamieson and Ben White discuss the growing use of AI tools in clinical settings, the medicolegal risks around consent and how these can be mitigated.

Read more in MIMS Medica (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd:

Understanding AI and consent | MIMS MY The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in clinical settings is transforming how care is delivered and bringing bene... | MIMS MY

While it’s positive to see many cases that don’t meet the criteria for investigations are being closed early, the General Medical Council’s latest stats on Fitness to Practise investigations show a marked increase in referrals in 2025. 📈

Our Deputy Medical Director Sarah Townley comments below:
https://bit.ly/3TsCwIh