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Presumed consent for organ donation: what’s changing where?
Time to read article: 3 mins
In a recent Medical Protection survey almost a third of doctors questioned were not comfortable discussing organ donation with a patient. With different laws across the UK and further changes imminent, this is maybe not surprising
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Should I report that my patient is unfit to drive?
Time to read article: 3 mins
Medical Protection advice line often receives queries from doctors concerned about patients that are driving whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Kate Cowan,
advisory case manager, shares our advice.
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Articles and features
16/08/2019
Dealing with patients who want to self-discharge
Dealing with patients who want to self-discharge
Time to read article: 4 mins
Medical Protection’s Medicolegal Adviser Dr Clare Redmond discusses how to manage a situation where a patient asks to be discharged
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Articles and features
22/07/2019
Learning from Locums
Learning from Locums
Time to read article: 5 mins
In this article, medicolegal consultant Dr Rachel Birch talks with Dr Richard Fieldhouse,
Chairman of NASGP, about how the experiences of locum GPs have led NASGP to design systems to save practices and locum GPs time, provide information and improve patient care.
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Articles and features
09/07/2019
Team communication within general practice
Team communication within general practice
Time to read article: 4 mins
Suzanne Creed, clinical risk and education manager at Medical Protection, explores some risk management tips and strategies to improve communication within your team
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Treating asthma over the phone
Time to read article: 3 mins
Dr T’s deskilling in resuscitation leads to a patient death and a claim.
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Articles and features
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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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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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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