News and updates 01/02/2018

Medical Protection shares concerns of Dr Bawa-Garba case

Medical Protection shares concerns of Dr Bawa-Garba case

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Last week, the High Court handed down the judgement of the case of Dr Bawa-Garba vs the GMC. The judgement concluded that Dr Bawa-Garba should be erased from the medical register.

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Press release 31/01/2018

MPS: Crowdfunding appeal for Dr Bawa-Garba is testament to the streng...

MPS: Crowdfunding appeal for Dr Bawa-Garba is testament to the strength of feeling across the profession

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Commenting on the Crowdfunding appeal for Dr Bawa Garba - Dr Rob Hendry, Medical Director at the Medical Protection Society (MPS), said...

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Press release 30/01/2018

E-portfolios remain an important part of a doctor’s professional deve...

E-portfolios remain an important part of a doctor’s professional development

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Commenting on the concerns around e-portfolios, following the judgement on the Dr Bawa-Garba case – Dr Pallavi Bradshaw, Senior Medicolegal Adviser at Medical Protection said...

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Press release 25/01/2018

MPS response to judgement on the case of Dr Bawa-Garba vs GMC

MPS response to judgement on the case of Dr Bawa-Garba vs GMC

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The High Court has handed down the judgement of the case of Dr Bawa Garba Vs the GMC. The judgement concludes that Dr Bawa Garba should be erased from the medical register.

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Articles and features 22/01/2018

Test results: learning from negligence claims - part 2

Test results: learning from negligence claims - part 2

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Diane Baylis, clinical risk and education manager at Medical Protection, looks at the role of contributory factors in test result errors

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17/01/2018

Solutions for providers working at scale

Solutions for providers working at scale

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Because complete protection is central to our ethos of supporting members throughout their career and helping them avoid unnecessary worry and disruption whenever possible, we place this at the heart of our bespoke indemnity solutions for GP provider organisations.

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Press release 17/01/2018

Medical Protection responds to the GMC’s ‘State of Medical Education...

Medical Protection responds to the GMC’s ‘State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK’ 2015 report

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Medical Protection welcomes the insights which can be drawn from the General Medical Council’s (GMC) ‘State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK’ 2015 report.1 The report highlighted that of 2,750 complaints that the GMC investigated in 2014, 1,428 closed without further action. This means that more than half of all complaints that the GMC investigated closed with no further action on the practitioner. It was also reported that the average GMC case length was 6.2 months.

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