Case report 01/10/2019 Alleged missed case of ovarian cancer goes to trial Preview Article Alleged missed case of ovarian cancer goes to trial Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Claims Radiology Successful Defence
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... Emergency Medicine System Errors Radiology
Case report 26/10/2017 No news is not always good news Preview Article No news is not always good news Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Child J, a one-week-old baby girl, was noticed to have a clicking right hip when she was seen by the community midwife. A referral to the orthopaedic clinic was requested and Child J was reviewed by orthopaedic junior doctor, Dr M, three weeks later. Dr M confirmed that there was no relevant family history and examined Child J. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Casebook Scotland Radiology Casebook
Case report 05/05/2015 The swollen knee Preview Article The swollen knee Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview Forty-four-year-old Ms M presented to her GP with pain and swelling of her right knee. She had experienced similar symptoms three years earlier whilst pregnant but had not undergone any investigations at the time Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Diagnosis Radiology Managing clinical risk Review Documentation Casebook Scotland Casebook
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... Respiratory Medicine Sports Medicine Emergency Medicine Paediatrics Colorectal Surgery Ophthalmology
Case report 01/01/2008 Abscess or tumour Preview Article Abscess or tumour Time to read article: 2 mins () ★ Close Preview Mrs A, a 50-year-old bus driver, presented to A&E with a short history of headache, vomiting and fever. Her family had noticed a recent change in her behaviour and she had been having difficulty coping at work over the previous few days. On examination, she was irritable and mildly pyrexial. The SpR in A&E described “blurred discs” on fundoscopy but otherwise routine clinical examination was normal. Her serum CRP was elevated and there was a slight leukocytosis on the FBC. Other blood tests, a chest x-ray and an ECG were normal. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Managing clinical risk Radiology Diagnosis
Case report 01/05/2006 Unseen x-ray indicated fracture Preview Article Unseen x-ray indicated fracture Time to read article: 3 mins () ★ Close Preview A 67-year-old housewife, Ms T, was admitted to an A&E department having collapsed at home and been unconscious for five minutes. Ms T had fainted eight weeks previously and been admitted to a different hospital. She had also fainted six weeks previously. There was no evidence Ms T had experienced a fit. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Generic Medicine Managing clinical risk Medical Records Radiology System Errors