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Pregnancy while taking isotretinoin
Time to read article: 4 mins
A patient asks GP Dr C to keep her pregnancy secret from her dermatologist. What are Dr C’s obligations to disclose this information? She contacts Medical Protection for advice.
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The Six C's: Common risks for new doctors (and how to avoid them)
Time to read article: 10 mins
Clinical records, consent, confidentiality, communication, competence, and prescribing - what medical students and junior doctors need to know about these common medicolegal risk areas and how to avoid them.
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Articles and features
19/11/2020
Storing images in medical records
Storing images in medical records
Time to read article: 3 mins
The receipt and storage of images of patients is currently a common source of queries from our members, largely due to the increased use of remote consultations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ayisha Hooper, Case Manager at Medical Protection, reviews the relevant guidance.
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The new GMC guidance on consent: still a step beyond Montgomery
Time to read article: 2 mins
Dr Philip White, Medicolegal Consultant at Medical Protection, looks at the potential impact of subtle changes of wording in the GMC’s new consent guidance
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An expensive lack of consent?
Time to read article: 8 mins
Spinal surgery blamed for worsening symptoms
Time to read article: 3 mins
Paraplegia follows epidural
Time to read article: 3 mins
Consent and record-keeping are at the heart of this claim, which sees a patient left paraplegic following an epidural.
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Consent
Time to read article: 7 mins
Video: Caught by consent
Time to read article: 6 mins
A private neurosurgeon faces questions on consent, following a lumbar microdiscectomy sciatica and back pain.
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