Issues arise after leaving a patient in someone else’s care
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Nausea and weight loss – what’s the cause?
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Dr W faces a regulatory hearing after a delayed diagnosis – find out how record-keeping helped the defence.
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A sight for sore eyes
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Ophthalmologist Dr P receives a claim alleging poor consent and technique – but is that the real cause?
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Initial management of an itchy skin rash
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Treatment of an itchy rash leads to a claim against GP Dr U, but was he negligent?
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A wrong diagnosis but no criticism
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After a serious car crash, Dr C is called before an inquest – Medical Protection is called in to support.
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Chapter 2: Professionalism - What does it look like?
Time to read article: 6 mins
Here we look at some of the characteristics commonly associated with a professional person; as a doctor, these are perhaps the minimum expectations patients have of you.
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Chain reaction
Chain reaction
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A patient presents with a sore wrist after a fall.
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Redaction and anonymisation - doing your bit for data protection
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New data protection regulations came into force on 25 May and MPS is committed to fulfilling its legal obligations – correct redaction and anonymisation is one way that you can play your part in safeguarding data.
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Time to read article: 16 mins
From 25 May 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (1) will come into force and will have a direct effect in every EU country.
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