Accidental anaesthetic awareness
Time to read article: 2 mins
A patient makes a claim against an anaesthetist member following intra-operative accidental awareness, which she alleged resulted in psychiatric injury.
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Articles and features
16/08/2019
Dealing with patients who want to self-discharge
Dealing with patients who want to self-discharge
Time to read article: 4 mins
Medical Protection’s Medicolegal Adviser Dr Clare Redmond discusses how to manage a situation where a patient asks to be discharged
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Accidental anaesthetic awareness
Time to read article: 2 mins
A patient makes a claim against an anaesthetist member following intra-operative accidental awareness, which she alleged resulted in psychiatric injury.
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Articles and features
22/07/2019
Learning from Locums
Learning from Locums
Time to read article: 5 mins
In this article, medicolegal consultant Dr Rachel Birch talks with Dr Richard Fieldhouse,
Chairman of NASGP, about how the experiences of locum GPs have led NASGP to design systems to save practices and locum GPs time, provide information and improve patient care.
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Articles and features
20/12/2018
12 record keeping tips
12 record keeping tips
Time to read article: 2 mins
We have made a list of the things to remember when it comes to making and retaining good patient records.
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Record-keeping
Record-keeping
Time to read article: 2 mins
Good medical records – whether electronic or handwritten – are essential for the continuity of care of your patients. Adequate medical records enable you or somebody else to reconstruct the essential parts of each patient contact without reference to memory. They should therefore be comprehensive enough to allow a colleague to carry on where you left off.
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Video: Chain reaction
Time to read article: 6 mins
This video provides some valuable lessons in diagnosis, documentation and the information that needs to be communicated to patients.
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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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Group instant messaging in an acute care setting
Time to read article: 4 mins
The NHS has released new guidance to help doctors, nurses and other staff safely use instant messaging during emergencies
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