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Medication
Medication
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Doctors can now prescribe patients medicinal cannabis as of November
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But what are the rules surrounding this and what do doctors need to know?
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Injection errors
Injection errors
Time to read article: 4 mins
A common cause of claims at Medical Protection is injection errors. While generally low in value, they frequently cause anxiety to patients and clinicians, and are easily avoided. Dr Dawn McGuire, Medical Claims Adviser at Medical Protection, looks at some typical cases.
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Online prescription services: what if you disagree?
Time to read article: 2 mins
Online prescription services offer great convenience to patients, but they also come with risks. What do you do if one of your patients has been taking medication prescribed online that you do not think they require? Dr Marika Davies, senior medicolegal adviser at Medical Protection, explores this issue.
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Failure to review nitrofurantoin: hepatitis and rash
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Antibiotic allegations
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A patient alleges her GP was negligent for failing to prescribe antibiotics
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Cosmetic injections and vaccinations: ask the expert
Time to read article: 3 mins
Dr Rachel Birch, Medical Protection medicolegal adviser and Practice Matters editor-in-chief, answers some recent queries on cosmetic injections and vaccination errors.
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Balancing risks
Balancing risks
Time to read article: 2 mins
Miss G was a 36-year-old medical receptionist who worked in a teaching hospital. She was under the care of a haematologist for chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, diagnosed when she was 13. She had a BMI of 42 and no other relevant past medical history.
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If it is not recorded
Time to read article: 3 mins