ADVICE BOOKLETS

Browse our range of resources providing practical guidance and professional advice.
MPS members are always welcome to telephone our medicolegal advice line – +44 113 241 0200 – or submit a medicolegal query for more specific advice (NB. In the interests of patient confidentiality, please do not include information that would allow a patient to be identified).

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Medicolegal handbooks for clinicians

Avoiding Problems: Managing the Risks in General Practice
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Avoiding Problems: Managing the Risks in Hospital Practice
Avoiding Mistakes Hospitals Ireland
Avoiding easy mistakes: Five medicolegal hazards for interns and SHOs
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Consent to Medical Treatment
Consent to Medical Treatment Ireland
Medical records
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Essential reading

A Guide to MPS Membership
A Guide for Doctors on Handling the Media

Booklets

Practical advice on a variety of important medicolegal issues for doctors in the UK.

These booklets and handbooks are produced as a resource for MPS members in the UK. They are intended as general guidance only.

MPS members are always welcome to telephone our medicolegal advice line – 0845 605 4000 – for more specific practical advice and support with medicolegal issues that may arise.

Alternatively, members may submit a medicolegal query online.