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Advice to doctors following a Brexit 'no deal'.
Time to read article: 2 mins
In preparation for Brexit, Medical Protection advises doctors on steps to take should the supply of treatments or devices be limited or delayed
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Articles and features
22/07/2019
HIV and confidentiality
HIV and confidentiality
Time to read article: 5 mins
Medical Protection’s expert consultants frequently deal with queries about patient confidentiality. However, few cases reach the steps of the courts. Dr James Lucas, medicolegal consultant, examines a recent High Court judgment in a neighbouring jurisdiction.
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Articles and features
19/07/2019
Being a paediatrician
Being a paediatrician
Time to read article: 3 mins
Dr Michele Afif, Medicolegal Adviser at Medical Protection, reflects on her experiences of working in paediatrics
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An early presentation
Time to read article: 2 mins
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.
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Missed critical limb ischaemia
Time to read article: 3 mins
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.
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Back again with cauda equina syndrome
Time to read article: 2 mins
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.
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MPS disappointed at small increase to the personal injury discount rate
Time to read article: 2 mins
The Lord Chancellor has announced that he will lay a Statutory Instrument in Parliament to change the discount rate applicable to personal injury lump sum compensation payments, to minus 0.25%.
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MPS calls on Government to publish long awaited strategy on the rising costs of clinical negligence
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MPS calls on Government to publish long awaited strategy as new figures demonstrate the rising costs of clinical negligence
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