Category: doctors

Doctors failing to examine women as one in ten medical negligence claims involve breast cancer – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 26th, 2012 in cancer, doctors, hospitals, medical treatment, negligence, news by tracey

“One in ten medical negligence claims involving cancer are from women with breast cancer as doctors are failing to examine women and not following up on abnormal test results, it has been warned.

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer-related medical negligence claim against GPs, Medical Protection Society (MPS) has found.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th October 2012

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EU working time rules put patients at risk, warn doctors – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 15th, 2012 in doctors, EC law, medical treatment, news, working time by tracey

“Patient care is being put at risk by the European Working Time Directive, which ‘disrupts continuity of care and distorts clinical training’, say two Royal Colleges.”

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Daily Telegraph, 14th October 2012

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Should doctors convicted of sexual offences be automatically banned? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted October 2nd, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, disqualification, doctors, human rights, news, sexual offences by sally

“The Telegraph and the Daily Mail are using convicted doctors as ammunition in their latest assault on the Human Rights Act. ‘Dozens of convicted sex offenders are working as doctors, it has emerged’, fulminates The Telegraph. ‘At least 31 men are practising as GPs, consultants and surgeons despite having convictions for assaulting women, possessing child pornography or soliciting prostitutes’. And it’s all the fault of the bête noire – human rights. ‘The General Medical Council (GMC) said it was unable to ban medics for being on the sex offenders’ register as it has been advised that such a move would not be compatible with human rights legislation’.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 1st October 2012

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Sex offender doctors can’t be banned in case it breaches human rights – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 25th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, human rights, news, sexual offences by sally

“The GMC said it could not impose an automatic ban on doctors convicted of sex offences as this would risk breaching human rights legislation.”

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Daily Telegraph, 25th September 2012

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GMC: record number of complaints against doctors – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 18th, 2012 in complaints, doctors, news by sally

“Complaints about doctors have reached a record high, the General Medical Council said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 18th September 2012

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Doctors told to quiz five-year-olds about abuse – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 3rd, 2012 in child abuse, child neglect, doctors, news by tracey

“Doctors should talk to children as young as five alone if they suspect they are at risk of neglect or abuse, under new guidance.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2012

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“Locked-in” sufferer’s challenge to ban on voluntary euthanasia fails in the high court – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 16th, 2012 in assisted suicide, doctors, euthanasia, human rights, immunity, news by sally

“Lord Justice Toulson, sitting with Mrs Justice Royce and Mrs Justice Macur, has handed down judgment in the case of Tony Nicklinson and that of another ‘locked-in’ syndrome sufferer, ‘Martin’. On all the issues, they have deferred to parliament to take the necessary steps to address the problems created by the current law of murder and assisted suicide.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 16th August 2012

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Locked-in syndrome victims lose ‘right to die’ case – The Guardian

Posted August 16th, 2012 in assisted suicide, doctors, euthanasia, immunity, news by sally

“Two victims of locked-in syndrome, including Tony Nicklinson who has sought to be able to end his ‘dull, miserable, demeaning, undignified and intolerable’ life, have lost their high court battle to die with medical help.”

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The Guardian, 16th August 2012

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Tribunal criticises doctor who removed wrong fallopian tube – The Guardian

Posted August 16th, 2012 in disciplinary procedures, doctors, medical treatment, negligence, news by sally

“A doctor who removed the wrong fallopian tube from a patient, leaving her unable to conceive naturally, has been criticised by a tribunal for her ‘hasty, careless, and dismissive’ attitude.”

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The Guardian, 15th August 2012

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Doctors blame ‘no win, no fee’ for rise in legal actions – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 15th, 2012 in compensation, doctors, medical treatment, negligence, news by sally

“Doctors are facing unprecedented increases in claims for compensation for clinical negligence, according to the head of the Medical Defence Union.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 14th August 2012

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NHS trusts ‘breaking the law’ by denying access to treatment – The Guardian

Posted August 6th, 2012 in budgets, doctors, hospitals, medical treatment, medicines, news, whistleblowers by sally

“The head of the government’s drugs rationing body has claimed that a number of NHS trusts are ‘breaking the law’ by denying patients access to approved treatments and drugs to save money.”

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The Guardian, 3rd August 2012

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Westwood v Hospital Medical Group Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted July 27th, 2012 in contract of employment, doctors, holiday pay, law reports by sally

Westwood v Hospital Medical Group Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1005; [2012] WLR (D) 222

“A person not working for a company pursuant to a contract of employment, who was clearly an integral part of its undertaking when providing services as a surgeon, even though he was in business on his own account was a worker for the purposes of section 230(3)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.”

WLR Daily, 24th July 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Doctors to be re-assessed every five years – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 20th, 2012 in doctors, news, quality assurance by tracey

“Family doctors will be reassessed to ensure they remain competent every five years from December, the medical watchdog said yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2012

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Doctors broke abortion law in 13 NHS trusts – The Guardian

Posted July 13th, 2012 in abortion, doctors, news by sally

“Doctors in 13 NHS trusts in England have been found to be breaking abortion law by pre-signing forms certifying that women could have their pregnancies terminated.”

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The Guardian, 12th July 2012

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Botox prescriptions over phone or internet to be banned – BBC News

Posted July 10th, 2012 in cosmetic surgery, doctors, medical treatment, medicines, news, nurses by sally

“Doctors will be banned from prescribing anti-ageing drugs like Botox on the phone or internet if they have not seen their patients face to face, the BBC has learned.”

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BBC News, 9th July 2012

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Woman died after doctor misdiagnosed kidney failure as hookworm infection – The Guardian

Posted June 29th, 2012 in doctors, hospitals, inquests, medical treatment, news by tracey

“Coroner says 77-year-old Eva Hudson might be alive today had Dr Neeraj Tekkar correctly diagnosed her condition.”

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The Guardian, 28th June 2012

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Doctors to face hearings under new tribunal service – BBC News

Posted June 11th, 2012 in doctors, news, ombudsmen, tribunals by sally

“Doctors involved in fitness to practise hearings will now be referred to a new independent tribunal service set up as part of government-led reforms.”

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BBC News, 11th June 2012

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NHS compensation to misdiagnosed patients rises to £98 million – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 8th, 2012 in compensation, doctors, hospitals, negligence, news by sally

“NHS payouts to patients whose conditions were misdiagnosed by medics increased by three-quarters in the last year to nearly £100 million.”

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Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2012

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GMC investigators to spot underperforming doctors – The Guardian

Posted June 6th, 2012 in complaints, doctors, health, investigatory powers, negligence, news by sally

“The medical regulator is to deploy new regional officers to take a lead in investigating concerns about NHS doctors and GPs before official complaints are made, in an effort to spot earlier those medics who are not up to the job.”

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The Guardian, 5th June 2012

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GP practice ‘offloaded vulnerable patients to save money’ – The Guardian

Posted June 1st, 2012 in budgets, care homes, complaints, disabled persons, doctors, elderly, health, news by tracey

“A GP practice run by a doctor who has been of one of the most prominent supporters of Andrew Lansley’s health reforms de-registered elderly and disabled care home patients to save money, an NHS investigation has found.”

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The Guardian, 31st May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk