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17/06/2019
GP dilemma: prescribing valproate
GP dilemma: prescribing valproate
Time to read article: 3 mins
As a GP, what should you do when a patient already taking a valproate medicine
attends for another prescription without meeting specific safety criteria?
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Dr Rob Hendry, Medical Director, responds to the Leslie Hamilton independent review
Time to read article: 2 mins
Dr Rob Hendry, Medical Director, responds to the Leslie Hamilton independent review into how the law on gross negligence manslaughter and culpable homicide are applied to medical practice.
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Paraplegia follows epidural
Time to read article: 3 mins
Consent and record-keeping are at the heart of this claim, which sees a patient left paraplegic following an epidural.
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Date: 23/11/2019 9:00 -23/11/2019 17:00 (Read more for further details)
Location: London (Read more for further details)
Time to read article: 1 mins
Risk management masterclass for obstetricians and gynaecologists
Take decisive action to reduce to challenges to your practice, with our one-day Risk Management Masterclass.
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Video: A Nitrofurantoin Problem
Time to read article: 2 mins
A doctor's failure to link raised ALT levels with a patient's use of nitrofurantoin led to a complaint being brought against them. Watch this short video to find out how the situation arose and advice Medical Protection gave.
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Why the way errors are investigated needs to change
Time to read article: 2 mins
Dr Pallavi Bradshaw, Education Services Lead (UK) at Medical Protection, says it is unfair that doctors are being held responsible for mistakes that have been caused by system failings
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Adult safeguarding and confidentiality – disclosing information to the Office of the Public Guardian
Time to read article: 4 mins
Knowing when you can disclose sensitive patient information is a notoriously complex area. Sarah Pickering, advisory case manager at Medical Protection, considers some recent queries from members regarding disclosures to the Office of the Public Guardian
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A tale of two doctors: the junior and the consultant
Time to read article: 3 mins
Dr Marika Davies, medicolegal consultant, looks at the recent case of GA v Greater Glasgow Health Board [2019] CSOH 31, where the death of a 77-year-old patient raised questions over where the liability for the negligence lay: the junior doctor or the consultant?
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Articles and features
21/05/2019
A potted history of medicine
A potted history of medicine
Time to read article: 2 mins
Throughout history, doctors have treated patients, and doctors have made mistakes. We delve deep into the past to see what doctors used to get away with
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