Dr Graham Howarth, MPS Head of Medical Services (Africa), considers how vicarious liability relates to your risk, the circumstances in which it may arise and what you can do to reduce the risks.

Following a significant increase in medical negligence claims and complaints, an MPS survey of nearly 700 South African private GPs has found that 58% are practising defensively.

MPS’s Sara Williams explores unprofessional practice in the July edition of the Medical Chronicle.

We outline the steps doctors can take to ensure they have comprehensive protection in place should anything go wrong.

Sarah Whitehouse explores the importance of managing and retaining medical records.

MPS has written to the HPCSA to urge them to expedite regulations that require all doctors to have adequate professional indemnity or insurance protection for clinical negligence.

MPS has responded to the National Treasury’s consultation on a series of draft regulations it published in the Government Gazette on 30 November 2012.