We get a number of queries about indemnity requirements for practice staff. Here are answers to two of our most commonly asked questions.

MPS Complaints Adviser Sue Taylor explains how using the NHS Complaints Advocacy Service can help practices

A new Order from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) came into force on 6 April 2015 following an investigation into the independent healthcare market.

The Namibia desert between Luderwitz and Walvis Bay has the highest sand dunes and the lowest average precipitation in the world. There are no permanent inhabitants – it’s simply too hot.

Miss Francesca Th’ng and Mr Marios Patronis share the case of Mrs A, who sadly died following the insertion of a chest drain after surgery

James Tomlinson, a simulation fellow in surgery, argues that we need to look outside the medical world to enhance our understanding and utilisation of simulation training

Consulting on the telephone requires a different skill-set, relying on common sense and improvisation. Learning how to do this effectively is necessary to safeguard patients and your professional position, says GP and popular author Dr Tony Males

Top ten tips to survive those dreaded on calls

By John Mullan, head of English at UCL and Guardian columnist.

The CQC has introduced a new regulation that makes it a statutory duty to have systems in place that capture patient safety incidents.

MPS medicolegal adviser Dr Pallavi Bradshaw joins a panel of experts at Pulse magazine, to share advice on common dilemmas encountered by newly-qualified GPs.

NHS England has launched a new digital platform designed for general practice staff to make it quick and easy to submit patient safety incident reports to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), the NHS’s national patient safety incident database.

Recently there have been a number of enquiries specifically in relation to members accompanying pilgrimages in a medical capacity.

GPs should put confidentiality clauses around social media in their staff contracts, says MPS.

GPs are likely to face two lawsuits over the course of their career, according to MPS.