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Can you disclose the sexual assault of a minor?

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09 September 2021
- case report
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- Child Protection
- Children and Young People
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Caught by consent

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02 December 2020
- Consent
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Alleged failure to investigate chest pain

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13 November 2020
- Record Keeping Hub
- Record Keeping
- Investigations
- Communication
- Claims
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Managing unwelcome attention from a patient

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13 November 2020
- Students
- Social Media
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- General Practice
- Communication
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Partnership dispute leads to disciplinary investigation

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13 November 2020
- Record Keeping Hub
- Record Keeping
- General Practice
- Complaints
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Delayed diagnosis of renal disease leads to claim

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13 November 2020
- General Practice
- Diagnosis
- Claims
- Casebook
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A tale of greed and dishonesty

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05 June 2020
- Record Keeping Hub
- Successful Defence
- Record Keeping
- General Practice
- Claims
- Casebook
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Nitrofurantoin complication goes to trial

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05 June 2020
- General Practice
- Prescribing
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The GP harassed by a patient

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01 October 2019
- Communication
- Help and Advice
- Difficult Patients
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A rare diagnosis that seemed common

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01 October 2019
- Intervention & Management
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A troublesome lump

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01 October 2019
- General Practice
- Claims
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Forgotten blood test results: forgotten patient

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01 October 2019
- Communication
- Claims
- Casebook
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A routine referral?

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02 September 2019
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An uncollected prescription

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01 July 2019
- Intervention & Management
- Communication
- Inquest
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Video - A nitrofurantoin problem

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25 June 2019
- Repeat Prescribing
- Medication
- Complaints
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Treating asthma over the phone

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07 June 2019

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A missed diagnosis of pneumonia?

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30 May 2019
- Record Keeping
- Diagnosis
- Defence
- Claims
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Initial management of an itchy skin rash

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30 May 2019
- Claims
- Investigations
- Dermatology
- Successful Defence
- Defence
- delay
- Referral
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Video - Failure to act on lower back pain

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09 April 2019

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Nausea and weight loss – what’s the cause?

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11 February 2019
- Medical Council
- Diagnosis
- Management
- Record Keeping
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Wrongly reassured over benign cyst

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23 October 2018
- Claims
- Diagnosis
- cancer
- histology
- minor surgery
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Undescended testis

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02 August 2017

Baby LM was taken to see his GP, Dr E for his six week check. During this examination Dr E noted that his left testis was in the scrotum but his right testis was palpable in the canal. He asked LM’s mother to bring him back for review in a month.

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Lost opportunity

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26 July 2017

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Stretch marks and steroids

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26 July 2017

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Failure to diagnose pre-eclampsia

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26 July 2017

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Missed meningitis

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19 July 2017

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Failure to follow specialist advice

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19 July 2017

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Diagnosing pneumonia

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19 July 2017

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Can you disclose the sexual assault of a minor?

Caught by consent

Alleged failure to investigate chest pain

Managing unwelcome attention from a patient

Partnership dispute leads to disciplinary investigation

Delayed diagnosis of renal disease leads to claim

A tale of greed and dishonesty

Nitrofurantoin complication goes to trial

The GP harassed by a patient

A rare diagnosis that seemed common

A troublesome lump

Forgotten blood test results: forgotten patient

A routine referral?

An uncollected prescription

Video - A nitrofurantoin problem

Treating asthma over the phone

A missed diagnosis of pneumonia?

Initial management of an itchy skin rash

Video - Failure to act on lower back pain

Nausea and weight loss – what’s the cause?

Wrongly reassured over benign cyst

Undescended testis

Lost opportunity

Stretch marks and steroids

Failure to diagnose pre-eclampsia

Missed meningitis

Failure to follow specialist advice

Diagnosing pneumonia