Date: 23/11/2019 9:00 -23/11/2019 17:00 (Read more for further details)
Location: London (Read more for further details)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Why it’s so important you tell the GMC when you finish your F2
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Dr Jonathan Bernstein, one of our medicolegal consultants, highlights the consequences of not notifying the GMC when you finish your F2
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You should specialise in obstetrics and gynaecology: here’s why
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Obstetrics and gynaecology has developed enormously over the last 30 years.
Yet despite the numerous advances in this field and the huge potential for growth, recruitment numbers have in the past been small.
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