The quality record-keeping of a GP member is key to the defence of this claim.

The quality record-keeping of a GP member is key to the defence of this claim.

Basic safety checks were overlooked in this incident, which saw a claim against a consultant gynaecologist.

Basic safety checks were overlooked in this incident, which saw a claim against a consultant gynaecologist.

A patient makes a claim against an anaesthetist member following intra-operative accidental awareness, which she alleged resulted in psychiatric injury.

A patient makes a claim against an anaesthetist member following intra-operative accidental awareness, which she alleged resulted in psychiatric injury.

Baby T was eight weeks old when his mother brought him to his GP’s morning surgery. His mother had become increasingly concerned about his general irritability and frequent crying episodes, which lasted up to two hours. These had become apparent over the past three days, not settling with breast feeding.

Mr S was a 60-year-old lorry driver. He was overweight and smoked, and couldn’t walk far because he suffered with pain in his calves.

When Mrs C, a keen golfer in her early forties, began to experience constant pain in her lower back, she consulted a GP at her local surgery. Dr P took a history of slow onset of pain with restricted mobility. He did not examine her, but prescribed an NSAID and advised Mrs C to return in two weeks if there was no improvement.

An elderly patient dies after his prescription goes uncollected. Who is at fault – the GP or the patient’s care home? Medical Protection assisted a member at the resulting inquest.

Dr T’s deskilling in resuscitation leads to a patient death and a claim.

This psychiatric claim underlines the perils of treating those close to you.

Mr U has a hernia repair and is later diagnosed with lung cancer. He makes a claim against two surgeons involved, alleging it should have been identified sooner.

Consent and record-keeping are at the heart of this claim, which sees a patient left paraplegic following an epidural.

A doctor's failure to link raised ALT levels with a patient's use of nitrofurantoin led to a complaint being brought against them. Watch this short video to find out how the situation arose and advice Medical Protection gave.

Dr Marika Davies, medicolegal consultant, looks at the recent case of GA v Greater Glasgow Health Board [2019] CSOH 31, where the death of a 77-year-old patient raised questions over where the liability for the negligence lay: the junior doctor or the consultant?

In this video, we look at how red flags for cauda equina syndrome were missed by both GP and hospital, leading to a costly claim.

Ms Q experienced a surgical complication while under the care of Dr G. In this video, find out how Medical Protection supported Dr G when Ms Q pursued a claim and made a complaint to the Medical Council.

A 45-year-old woman underwent an abdominal hysterectomy for fibroids. The consultant anaesthetist induced general anaesthesia before performing a spinal anaesthetic at L3/4.

A patient dies after amoxicillin reaction – we support GP through criminal investigation, inquest and GMC hearing.

Dealing with claims accounts for about 1/5 of the cases we handle. This video examines a claim made against a consultant surgeon because he left out critical information from a patient’s notes.

This video provides some valuable lessons in diagnosis, documentation and the information that needs to be communicated to patients.

This video looks at a scenario where a patient brought a claim against three GPs in the same surgery, and how understanding the varied claims enabled us to support the doctors throughout the whole process.

A private neurosurgeon faces questions on consent, following a lumbar microdiscectomy sciatica and back pain.