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19/05/2020
Successful defence against secondary victim claim
Successful defence against secondary victim claim
Time to read article: 4 mins
Joseph McCaughley, Litigation Solicitor at Medical Protection, looks at his recent successful defence of a member against a secondary victim claim for psychiatric injury.
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A routine referral?
Time to read article: 3 mins
When a routine optician appointment identifies papilloedema, Mrs T makes a claim against her GP for not giving her an earlier urgent referral.
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Alleged missed case of ovarian cancer goes to trial
Time to read article: 3 mins
A troublesome lump
Time to read article: 5 mins
Medical Protection successfully defends GP practice in fatal sepsis case
Time to read article: 4 mins
Medical Protection litigation solicitor Suzanne Tate looks at a claim involving a missed diagnosis of sepsis and the work of Medical Protection in successfully defending seven GP members
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Diagnosis pneumonia out of hours
Time to read article: 3 mins
Mr B was a 31-year-old man with three children. His mother was staying with him over the weekend because he was in bed coughing and shivering.
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Undescended testis
Time to read article: 2 mins
Baby LM was taken to see his GP, Dr E, for his six-week check. During this examination Dr E noted that his left testis was in the scrotum but his right testis was palpable in the canal. He asked LM’s mother to bring him back for review in a month.
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Lost in translation
Time to read article: 3 mins
Mrs S, a 27-year-old Romanian woman who lived with her husband in the UK, became pregnant and presented to her local GP surgery to commence antenatal care. Mrs S did not speak English and usually brought a family member with her to interpret.
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Fatal condition
Fatal condition
Time to read article: 3 mins
Mrs J, a 62-year-old housewife, did not visit her GP often. However, she consulted Dr D with a two-week history of coryzal symptoms.
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