Learning from cases
09/07/2025
Learning from cases: Psychiatry
Learning from cases: Psychiatry
Time to read article: 6 mins
Read this resource to:
understand the claims environment in psychiatry: Insights and lessons learned
receive tailored advice and key recommendations to help you reduce risks in the future
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Good records in a worst-case scenario
Time to read article: 3 mins
A claim against a hospital and consultant psychiatrist goes to trial, after a patient commits suicide. Medical Protection also provides assistance with the inquest and hospital inquiry.
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Statutory forms under the Mental Health Act – what is changing?
Time to read article: 2 mins
Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury, Medicolegal Consultant at Medical Protection and practising psychiatrist, looks at new guidance concerning the electronic communication of statutory forms under the Mental Health Act
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Articles and features
01/08/2019
How to work in psychiatry
How to work in psychiatry
Time to read article: 5 mins
Behind misunderstandings and stigma attached to psychiatry, there is a fascinating and rewarding career to be found, write Dr Liz Ewins and Dr Dan Hodgson.
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A risk of harm
A risk of harm
Time to read article: 3 mins
A psychiatric patient is placed under close observation
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Reported abuse
Reported abuse
Time to read article: 2 mins
Mrs X asked her GP to refer her eightyear-old daughter, Child F, to be assessed by a consultant psychiatrist in child and adolescent mental health. The GP referral letter stated that Child F had reported to her teacher that her father frequently touched her genitalia.
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HSC complaints procedure – Hospital setting
Time to read article: 5 mins
Complaints in health and social care: standards and guidelines for resolution and learning (2009) aims to provide a simple, consistent approach for staff who handle complaints, and for patients who raise complaints across all health and social care services.
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