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Video - Failure to act on lower back pain
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09 April 2019
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Caught by consent
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12 March 2019
Consent
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Initial management of an itchy skin rash
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07 March 2019
Claims
Investigations
Dermatology
Successful Defence
Defence
delay
Referral
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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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A persistent headache
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05 May 2015
Successful Defence
General Practice
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Fatal condition
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05 May 2015
Successful Defence
General Practice
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Diverted by the diagnosis
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05 May 2015
Diagnosis
General Practice
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A problem with polyps
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05 May 2015
Diagnosis
General Practice
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Missed critical limb ischaemia
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01 May 2015
General Practice
Diagnosis
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High expectations
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14 September 2014
Successful Defence
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Missing cauda equina
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14 September 2014
Intervention & Management
Medical Records
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The elusive diagnosis
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14 September 2014
Successful Defence
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Sudden, first and worst
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21 August 2014
Diagnosis
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No fundoscopy, no defence
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01 May 2014
Record Keeping
Intervention & Management
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The Swiss cheese
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01 May 2014
Diagnosis
Communication
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Nervous about neurosarcoidosis
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01 May 2014
Successful Defence
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Headaches and hypertension
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01 May 2014
Successful Defence
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Concealed sepsis
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01 May 2014
Diagnosis
Record Keeping
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An unexpected pregnancy
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01 January 2014
Successful Defence
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Common can be complicated
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01 January 2014
Medical Records
Intervention & Management
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An unavoidable amputation
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01 September 2013
Successful Defence
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Rash decisions
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01 September 2013
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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A weekend of back pain
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01 September 2013
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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A failure to monitor
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01 May 2013
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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A rash oversight
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01 May 2013
Diagnosis
Competence
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A case of renal failure
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01 May 2013
Management
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A challenging combination
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01 January 2013
Diagnosis
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Where the heart is
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01 January 2013
Investigations
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All in the timing
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01 January 2013
Diagnosis
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Back with back pain
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01 January 2013
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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Missed breast cancer
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01 January 2013
Diagnosis
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Take me seriously
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01 January 2013
Investigations
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Skipping over the details
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01 September 2012
Diagnosis
Investigations
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An error that did not cause harm
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01 September 2012
Successful Defence
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Squash and a squeeze
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01 September 2012
Diagnosis
Investigations
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Slipping through the cracks
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01 September 2012
System Errors
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A pain in the leg
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01 September 2012
Successful Defence
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A friend in need
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01 May 2012
Medical Records
Professionalism
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Suffer the little children
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01 May 2012
Investigations
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Trouble behind her back
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01 May 2012
Successful Defence
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A pain in the neck
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01 May 2012
Investigations
Communication
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Crying wolf
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01 May 2012
System Errors
Diagnosis
Out of Hours
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Oh by the way, doctor
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01 May 2012
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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Double problem, double risk
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01 January 2012
Diagnosis
ENT
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Symptoms that don’t add up
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01 January 2012
Diagnosis
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An unfortunate prescription
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01 January 2012
Medical Records
Prescribing
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More than a bruise
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01 January 2012
Successful Defence
Emergency Medicine
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An age-old problem
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01 September 2011
System Errors
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The returning traveller
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01 September 2011
Diagnosis
Investigations
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The clue is in the water
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01 September 2011
Diagnosis
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An inflammatory situation
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01 May 2011
Diagnosis
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Missed opportunities
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01 January 2011
Medical Records
Investigations
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Heart of the matter
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01 January 2011
Diagnosis
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Cuts and bruises
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01 January 2011
Intervention & Management
Diagnosis
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Repeat offender
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01 January 2011
System Errors
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A pain in the buttock
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01 January 2011
Medical Records
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Treating asthma over the phone
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01 September 2010
Intervention & Management
Competence
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Looking for the signs
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01 September 2010
Diagnosis
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A chair and not a couch
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01 September 2010
Diagnosis
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Casting stones
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01 May 2010
Record Keeping
Diagnosis
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A false reassurance
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01 May 2010
Safety-Netting
Emergency Medicine
Diagnosis
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No back-up
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01 May 2010
Diagnosis
Communication
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The patient with too many ills
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01 May 2010
Record Keeping
Psychiatry
General Medicine
Diagnosis
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Rare and serious complications
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01 January 2010
Safety-Netting
Diagnosis
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A takeaway lesson
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01 January 2010
Emergency Medicine
Diagnosis
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Wrongly reassured
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01 January 2010
Diagnosis
Communication
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Age no barrier
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01 January 2010
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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A 20-year-old mistake
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01 January 2010
Diagnosis
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Balancing risks
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10 September 2009
Record Keeping
Prescribing
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Dysphasia – dysuria – disaster
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01 September 2009
Diagnosis
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A long-lasting earache
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01 September 2009
Medical Records
ENT
Diagnosis
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Don’t be blind to red flags
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01 September 2009
Diagnosis
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Too little, too late
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01 September 2009
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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Difficulty getting through
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01 September 2009
Diagnosis
Communication
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Not just another headache
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01 September 2009
Record Keeping
Diagnosis
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Not on sound footing
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01 May 2009
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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"One last thing..."
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01 May 2009
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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Too late for contraception
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01 May 2009
Medical Records
Family Planning
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Weighing up the risks
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01 January 2009
Prescribing
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Slipping up
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01 January 2009
General Medicine
Diagnosis
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Sore throat and husky voice
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01 January 2009
Record Keeping
ENT
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How far to go?
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01 January 2009
Gastroenterology
Communication
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Turning a deaf ear
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01 January 2009
Diagnosis
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Send her in
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01 January 2009
Intervention & Management
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Hidden injury
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01 January 2009
Record Keeping
Emergency Medicine
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Crying wolf
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01 September 2008
Diagnosis
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Missed test result
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01 September 2008
System Errors
Paediatrics
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Sample not sent to histology
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01 September 2008
Intervention & Management
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Management of testicular swelling
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01 September 2008
Diagnosis
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Taking your breath away
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01 May 2008
Diagnosis
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Sudden, first and worst, again
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01 May 2008
Diagnosis
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Reconsidering chest pain
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01 May 2008
Investigations
Diagnosis
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The danger of the casual aside
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01 May 2008
Communication
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One prescription after another
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01 January 2008
System Errors
Intervention & Management
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Hard to stomach
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01 January 2008
Medical Records
Successful Defence
Diagnosis
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Cooking up trouble
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01 September 2007
Successful Defence
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Troublesome chest pain
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01 September 2007
Diagnosis
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A missed opportunity
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01 September 2007
System Errors
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Bitter pill
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01 September 2007
Diagnosis
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The not-so-unlikely diagnosis
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01 September 2007
Diagnosis
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See and be safe
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01 July 2007
Medical Records
Diagnosis
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A limping child
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01 May 2007
Diagnosis
Emergency Medicine
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A call for help
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01 May 2007
Communication
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Double check before you double jab
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01 May 2007
Consent
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A testing case
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01 January 2007
Intervention & Management
Communication
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An early presentation
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01 January 2007
Paediatrics
Diagnosis
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Back again with cauda equina syndrome
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01 January 2007
Orthopaedics
Neurosurgery
Diagnosis
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Concerning symptoms
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01 January 2007
Diagnosis
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Getting to the heart of the matter
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01 January 2007
Medical Records
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Heading for trouble
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01 January 2007
Emergency Medicine
Diagnosis
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A long time to claim
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01 September 2006
Paediatrics
Competence
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Atypical presentation of heart disease
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01 September 2006
Intervention & Management
Cardiology
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Delayed diagnosis of hypertension
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01 September 2006
Intervention & Management
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Lithium levels not monitored
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01 September 2006
Prescribing
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Failure to take cervical smear
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01 May 2006
System Errors
Obstetrics
Gynaecology
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Lack of equipment at sporting event
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01 May 2006
Equipment
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Malignant melanoma diagnosis
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01 May 2006
Medical Records
Diagnosis
Dermatology
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Mistaken drug abuse diagnosis
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01 May 2006
Prescribing
Forensic Medicine
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Trophic ulcer leads to foot amputation
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01 May 2006
Emergency Medicine
Diagnosis
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Failure to diagnose pneumonia
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01 February 2006
General Medicine
Diagnosis
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Growing concern
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01 February 2006
Paediatrics
Diagnosis
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Rare scalp tumour
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01 February 2006
Referral
Plastic Surgery
Dermatology
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Seeing the wood for the trees
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01 February 2006
Investigations
General Medicine
Gastroenterology
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Three visits in four days don't go
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01 February 2006
Paediatrics
Diagnosis
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A rash decision?
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01 November 2005
Diagnosis
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Beware jaw pain
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01 November 2005
Diagnosis
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Did the pill make her ill?
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01 November 2005
Intervention & Management
General Medicine
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Inappropriate advice
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01 November 2005
System Errors
General Medicine
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Monitoring a dangerous mix
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01 November 2005
Prescribing
Gastroenterology
Dermatology
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Nursing a cat bite
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01 November 2005
Nursing
Competence
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Out on a limb
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01 November 2005
Orthopaedics
Diagnosis
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The red eye?
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01 November 2005
Ophthalmology
Diagnosis
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Arterial embolism
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01 August 2005
Successful Defence
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False reassurance and faulty follow-up
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01 August 2005
Orthopaedics
Gynaecology
General Surgery
Diagnosis
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The importance of being earnest
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01 August 2005
Obstetrics
Intervention & Management
Gynaecology
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A crushing oversight
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01 May 2005
General Medicine
Diagnosis
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Inadvertent intra-arterial injection
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01 May 2005
Prescribing
Nursing
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Looking out for complications
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01 May 2005
Prescribing
Ophthalmology
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Meningioma presenting as transient headache and leg weakness
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01 May 2005
System Errors
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Secondary hypertension
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01 May 2005
General Medicine
Diagnosis
Anaesthetics
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Accident or negligence?
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01 February 2005
Intervention & Management
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Another diabetic death
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01 February 2005
Psychiatry
Endocrinology
Diagnosis
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Inadequate assessment
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01 February 2005
System Errors
Radiology
General Medicine
Cardiothoracic Medicine
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PE negligence not proven
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01 February 2005
General Medicine
Diagnosis
Cardiothoracic Medicine
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Phenytoin toxicity
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01 February 2005
Prescribing
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Sciatic neuropathy due to i-m injection
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01 February 2005
Prescribing
Neurology
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An unusual presentation
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01 November 2004
Ophthalmology
Diagnosis
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Don't ignore radiating back pain
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01 November 2004
Neurosurgery
Diagnosis
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Falling on deaf ears
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01 November 2004
Referral
ENT
Diagnosis
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He did his best
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01 November 2004
Medical Records
Successful Defence
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Hip not x-rayed
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01 November 2004
Orthopaedics
Diagnosis
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Keratitis and topical steroids
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01 November 2004
Prescribing
Ophthalmology
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Rash to dismiss bruising
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01 November 2004
Treatment
General Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Diagnosis
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Stevens-Johnson syndrome
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01 November 2004
Treatment
Prescribing
Neurology
General Medicine
Dermatology
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A pain in the neck
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01 August 2004
Neurosurgery
Neurology
Diagnosis
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Coronary care
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01 August 2004
Diagnosis
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Dosing error
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01 August 2004
Prescribing
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Glaring glioma?
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01 August 2004
Referral
Oncology
Neurology
Diagnosis
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Recurrent post-coital bleeding
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01 August 2004
Obstetrics
Gynaecology
Diagnosis
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TB or not TB?
(?)
01 August 2004
General Medicine
Diagnosis
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A forgotten lump
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01 May 2004
Referral
Oncology
ENT
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Did patient's youth lead doctor astray?
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01 May 2004
Oncology
Investigations
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Investigate rectal bleeding
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01 May 2004
Oncology
Gastroenterology
Diagnosis
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Lump not looked into
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01 May 2004
Referral
Oncology
Investigations
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Booze blunder
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01 February 2004
General Medicine
Diagnosis
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Minor surgery
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01 February 2004
Successful Defence
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No notes, no leg to stand on
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01 February 2004
Medical Records
Orthopaedics
Consent
(?)
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Reconstructing the past
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01 February 2004
Successful Defence
Gastroenterology
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Vascular insufficiency
(?)
01 February 2004
Vascular Surgery
Psychiatry
Diagnosis
(?)
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Vein or artery?
(?)
01 February 2004
Vascular Surgery
Diagnosis
(?)
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Change your diagnosis, not the records
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01 November 2003
Ophthalmology
Diagnosis
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Deficient investigation of iron deficiency
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01 November 2003
Diagnosis
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Haematuria not investigated
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01 November 2003
Investigations
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Missed ectopic pregnancy
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01 November 2003
Obstetrics
Gynaecology
Diagnosis
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Monitoring fails; kidney fails
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01 November 2003
System Errors
Haematology
Diagnosis
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Sepsis following chemotherapy
(?)
01 November 2003
Referral
Oncology
(?)
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Supporting good practice
(?)
01 November 2003
Successful Defence
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Forgotten specialist referral
(?)
01 August 2003
System Errors
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
(?)
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Maybe malaria
(?)
01 August 2003
Medical Records
Successful Defence