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21/07/2022
Dealing with negative online reviews
Dealing with negative online reviews
Time to read article: 7 mins
Whether a bolt out of the blue or a digital manifestation of a deteriorating doctor-patient relationship, negative online reviews are an increasingly common part of the healthcare landscape. So, what do you do when you encounter one? Claire O’Leary, Case Manager at Medical Protection, advises don’t panic – use it as a chance to improve your practice
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Threshold change to Good Medical Practice could result in more cases
Time to read article: 2 mins
Consultation response to the GMC Review of Good Medical Practice
Time to read article: 6 mins
MPS general comments on Good medical practice: public consultation on core guidance on professional standards
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Medical expert reports must consider systems issues to help stop doctors being scapegoats for wider failings
Time to read article: 3 mins
It should be mandatory for medical expert reports to consider the role systems issues may have played in an adverse patient outcome, according to the Medical Protection Society (MPS).
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Medical Protection launching a new campaign on expert witnesses
Time to read article: 3 mins
Medical Protection launches a campaign to widen the pool of available experts by encouraging more doctors to take up expert work, while also ensuring a more cohesive and centralised approach to the training and identifying of appropriate experts.
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Medical Protection launching a new campaign on expert witnesses
Time to read article: 3 mins
Medical Protection launches a campaign to widen the pool of available experts by encouraging more doctors to take up expert work, while also ensuring a more cohesive and centralised approach to the training and identifying of appropriate experts.
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Alleged failure to diagnose perforated uterus
Time to read article: 3 mins
Record keeping plays a major role in the development of this case, which sees GP Dr O receive a clinical negligence claim following the insertion of an IUCD.
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Knee replacement claim goes to trial
Time to read article: 4 mins
Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr W receives a claim following his performance of a total knee replacement. Medical Protection fights the case all the way to a trial.
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Smile, you’re on camera: surveillance used in a case
Time to read article: 4 mins
A delayed diagnosis of diabetes leads Mrs Y to make a claim against a team of GPs. How did Medical Protection’s use of surveillance help resolve this case?
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