The Science: The Virus - Latest Update on Pathophysiology [Video reco...
Lessons From COVID-19: Making Sense of the Pandemic [Video recording]
Lessons From COVID-19: Making Sense of the Pandemic [Video recording]
What Might Healthcare Look Like Post COVID? [Video recording]
Video recording: Speaking at Risky Business 2020 speaker Don Berwick, President Emeritus at the IHI, former advisor to Barack Obama, provides an opportunity to hear some novel, insightful and encouraging views about the future from one of the world’s great thinkers in the field.
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The People: The Science of Wellbeing [Video recording]
The Medicine: Has COVID changed the doctor-patient relationship forev...
The Medicine: Has COVID changed the doctor-patient relationship forever? [Video recording]
Speaking at Risky Business 2020 Dr Pallavi Bradshaw highlights how disruption caused by COVID could affect medicolegal risk and what steps could be taken to reduce this. Increases awareness that there remain many unresolved legal and ethical issues which society must grapple with in the aftermath of the crisis.
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A tale of greed and dishonesty
Nitrofurantoin complication goes to trial
Surgical emphysema in the neck leads to a claim
Reporting Covid-19 healthcare worker deaths in England and Wales
Successful defence against secondary victim claim
Joseph McCaughley, Litigation Solicitor at Medical Protection, looks at his recent successful defence of a member against a secondary victim claim for psychiatric injury.
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Followership: the forgotten part of leadership
It goes without saying that strong leadership is vital to ensuring the stability and success of healthcare systems. But the value of followers in challenging this leadership is just as great, say Mr Andrew Gibbons and Ms Danielle Bryant.
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COVID-19 advice podcast
This podcast is a COVID-19 hub to support our members, providing advice and guidance around medicolegal issues and maintaining their well being.
Read moreCOVID-19 and remote consultations – how we can help
This article outlines our advice and guidance regarding the safety and suitability of remote consulting – also known as telemedicine.
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Digital First Primary Care – are you ready?
Mounting pressures on NHS services have made digital solutions inevitable, and NHS England expects all primary care patients to have the right to online consultations by April 2020 – but with new technology comes new risks. Dr Heidi Mounsey, medicolegal consultant at Medical Protection, advises on best practice
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What happens if I refuse to attend an inquest?
Doctors are under an obligation to co-operate with any coronial investigation, including attendance at an inquest if called to give evidence. Rachel Parker, case manager at Medical Protection, looks at the consequences of failing to attend an inquest
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Fifteen years of urinary tract infections – what’s the cause?
Forgotten blood test results: forgotten patient
Misplaced blood test results lead to a claim after a baby is left requiring a liver transplant.
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A routine referral?
When a routine optician appointment identifies papilloedema, Mrs T makes a claim against her GP for not giving her an earlier urgent referral.
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A retained swab
Basic safety checks were overlooked in this incident, which saw a claim against a consultant gynaecologist.
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A missed diagnosis of pneumonia?
The quality record-keeping of a GP member is key to the defence of this claim.
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