Consultation response to the GMC Review of Good Medical Practice
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MPS general comments on Good medical practice: public consultation on core guidance on professional standards
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Medical expert reports must consider systems issues to help stop doctors being scapegoats for wider failings
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It should be mandatory for medical expert reports to consider the role systems issues may have played in an adverse patient outcome, according to the Medical Protection Society (MPS).
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Medical Protection launching a new campaign on expert witnesses
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Medical Protection launches a campaign to widen the pool of available experts by encouraging more doctors to take up expert work, while also ensuring a more cohesive and centralised approach to the training and identifying of appropriate experts.
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Medical Protection launching a new campaign on expert witnesses
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Medical Protection launches a campaign to widen the pool of available experts by encouraging more doctors to take up expert work, while also ensuring a more cohesive and centralised approach to the training and identifying of appropriate experts.
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Alleged failure to diagnose perforated uterus
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Record keeping plays a major role in the development of this case, which sees GP Dr O receive a clinical negligence claim following the insertion of an IUCD.
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Knee replacement claim goes to trial
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Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr W receives a claim following his performance of a total knee replacement. Medical Protection fights the case all the way to a trial.
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Smile, you’re on camera: surveillance used in a case
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A delayed diagnosis of diabetes leads Mrs Y to make a claim against a team of GPs. How did Medical Protection’s use of surveillance help resolve this case?
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An allegation of dishonesty
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A suspected forged training certificate lands Dr U before a Medical Council hearing – find out how Medical Protection supported her throughout the case.
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One size fits all? Conversations with patients on bariatrics
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Conversations around a patient’s weight can be challenging if not handled correctly. Sinead Lay, Case Manager at Medical Protection, offers some advice and looks at why the issue is likely to become more commonplace in future.
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