Case report 09/06/2021 Cauda equina claim goes to trial Preview Article Cauda equina claim goes to trial Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview A claim against GP Dr F is taken to trial by Medical Protection. Find out how our expert litigation team fought for Dr F by building a robust defence. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Orthopaedics GP Neurology & Neurosurgery Emergency Medicine
Case report 08/06/2021 Good records in a worst-case scenario Preview Article Good records in a worst-case scenario Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview 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. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Emergency Medicine GP Record keeping Psychiatry
Case report 08/06/2021 When family opinions matter Preview Article When family opinions matter Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Suboptimal emergency care for a 13-year-old boy leads to a clinical negligence claim. How could this have been avoided if the doctor had listened to the boy’s mother? Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Junior Doctor Emergency Medicine Orthopaedics Consultations Specialty Training
Articles and features 03/10/2019 A day in the life of a trainee in emergency surgery Preview Article A day in the life of a trainee in emergency surgery Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Thinking of a career in emergency general surgery? Read Dr Mike Davies' account of working in ESGU. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... General Surgery New Doctor Emergency Medicine Competence Career planning Professionalism
Articles and features 20/11/2018 The role of receptionists: a legal commentary Preview Article The role of receptionists: a legal commentary Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview A recent Supreme Court decision, Darnley v Croydon Health Services NHS Trust [2018] UKSC 50, has raised questions about the role of non-clinical staff in patient care. The judgment criticised the actions of a receptionist in an Accident and Emergency (A&E) department – Joseph McCaughley, litigation solicitor at Medical Protection, looks at the ramifications of the case Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Claims Competence Emergency Medicine
Case report 23/10/2018 Negligent assessment and systemic failures Preview Article Negligent assessment and systemic failures Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Two hospital doctors receive claims after a delayed cancer diagnosis, which Medical Protection eventually takes to trial. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... System Errors Radiology Emergency Medicine
Case report 23/10/2018 A wrong diagnosis but no criticism Preview Article A wrong diagnosis but no criticism Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview After a serious car crash, Dr C is called before an inquest – Medical Protection is called in to support. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Inquests Emergency Medicine Record keeping
Case report 14/11/2017 Diagnosing pneumonia Preview Article Diagnosing pneumonia Time to read article: 4 mins () ★ Close Preview 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. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Emergency Medicine Respiratory Medicine Patients Cardiology & Vascular Medicine
Case report 14/11/2017 Dialysis or a right to die? Preview Article Dialysis or a right to die? Time to read article: 1 mins () ★ Close Preview Patient A, a 57-year-old male, was admitted to the ICU of a private hospital with kidney and liver failure, and in a coma. There was no living will and family members gave a history of long-standing alcohol abuse. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Professionalism End of Life Care Listen Emergency Medicine
Case report 05/05/2015 Diverted by the diagnosis Preview Article Diverted by the diagnosis Time to read article: 4 mins () ★ Close Preview Miss A, a 40-year-old IT consultant, was talking to a colleague at work when she developed a headache, along with blurred vision and nausea. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Casebook Casebook Scotland Managing clinical risk Diagnosis General practice GP locum
Factsheet 01/05/2014 Reporting gunshot and knife wounds - Scotland Preview Article Reporting gunshot and knife wounds - Scotland Time to read article: 1 mins () ★ Close Preview Supplementary GMC guidance to Confidentiality (2009) contains information for healthcare professionals on what to do when reporting gunshot and knife wounds. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Confidentiality Emergency Medicine Scotland Data Protection Consent Ethics
Factsheet 01/10/2013 HSC complaints procedure – Hospital setting Preview Article HSC complaints procedure – Hospital setting Time to read article: 5 mins () ★ Close Preview 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. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Sports Medicine Radiology Dermatology Endocrinology Cosmetic Surgery Cardiology & Vascular Medicine
Case report 21/01/2013 A challenging combination Preview Article A challenging combination Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr Y was a 21-year-old unemployed man who lived with his mother. He was a heroin addict and in the last few months, he had started injecting into his groin. Each day he was spending about £40 on heroin and cocaine and had recently served a prison sentence for burglary to fund his habit. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Claims Managing clinical risk Emergency Medicine Casebook Record keeping Negligence
Case report 10/01/2012 Too quick to clear the spine Preview Article Too quick to clear the spine Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Twenty-eight-year-old Miss T was a pillion passenger on her boyfriend’s motorbike going at high speed on a motorway. He lost control of the vehicle and tried to regain it by braking, which threw them both over the handles, landing some distance away. Unfortunately, Miss T’s boyfriend was certified dead at the scene of the accident. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Competence Investigations Claims Managing clinical risk Diagnosis Use Guidelines
Case report 01/09/2010 An evolving situation Preview Article An evolving situation Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Emergency Medicine GP locum General practice Diagnosis Managing clinical risk
Case report 01/05/2010 A false reassurance Preview Article A false reassurance Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr P was a 30-year-old high-earning banker, married with three dependants. He had a one-year history of rheumatoid arthritis, for which he took methotrexate. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Prescribing Negligence Claims Emergency Medicine Managing clinical risk Treatment Planning
Case report 01/01/2010 Age no barrier Preview Article Age no barrier Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview A seven-year old girl, MA, complained to her mother of stomach ache. She was usually very stoical, but was complaining and not wanting to play. Her mother, Mrs A, was concerned and rang the surgery to speak to her GP, Dr G. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk Claims Record keeping Emergency Medicine General practice Diagnosis
Case report 01/01/2010 A takeaway lesson Preview Article A takeaway lesson Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr U, a 39-year-old print worker, attended his local Emergency Department (ED) one evening with a six-hour history of vomiting and abdominal discomfort. The symptoms had come on shortly after eating a takeaway meal. He was seen by Dr A, a doctor-in-training on the emergency medicine rotation. Dr A documented a detailed abdominal examination which showed no evidence of an acute abdomen. Dr A diagnosed acute gastritis or early gastroenteritis and advised Mr U to go home, rest, and see his GP the next day if things had not settled down. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Claims Diagnosis Negligence GP locum Managing clinical risk General practice
Case report 01/09/2007 Too keen to close Preview Article Too keen to close Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr P was a 17-year-old student who attended the Minor Injuries Unit at his local A&E department after a fight. He walked in and sat in the waiting area with a friend. The triage nurse offered him some analgesia but he refused it. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Diagnosis Negligence Managing clinical risk Investigations Medicine student Emergency Medicine
Case report 01/09/2007 Assume nothing Preview Article Assume nothing Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview K was an active 14-year-old boy, keen on skateboarding and football. When he came home after a day’s skateboarding complaining of intense pain in his groin and abdomen, his father was alarmed and took him directly to his local A&E department. Four years earlier, K had developed testicular torsion resulting in the loss of his left testis; his father was understandably fearful that now K’s remaining testicle was also at risk. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Diagnosis Managing clinical risk Negligence Claims Emergency Medicine
Case report 09/01/2007 A coincidental finding Preview Article A coincidental finding Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr S was a 51-year-old warehouse worker with no medical problems. He was lifting a very heavy box at work when he felt a severe pain to his lower back with some radiation to his right buttock. He was sent home, and his wife drove him to their local A&E department. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Emergency Medicine Negligence Diagnosis Record keeping Managing clinical risk
Case report 01/05/2006 Trophic ulcer leads to foot amputation Preview Article Trophic ulcer leads to foot amputation Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Emergency Medicine Successful Defence Managing clinical risk GP locum
Case report 01/02/2005 The forgotten problem Preview Article The forgotten problem Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Physicians often care for patients with extremely complex clinical presentations and multiple diagnoses. In such a situation, it can be hard to keep track of all the relevant problems and investigation results. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk Treatment Planning Emergency Medicine Handover Record keeping
Case report 01/08/2004 A pain in the neck Preview Article A pain in the neck Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Mr P, a 35-year-old panel beater, saw his GP, Dr S, as he’d developed sudden headache and neck pain whilst bending down to pick up a screwdriver. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk Emergency Medicine General practice GP locum Record keeping Diagnosis