GPs & primary care professionals

Clinical risk management

This part of the site deals with the clinical aspects of managing risks, reflecting the MDU's experience of what can lead to claims or complaints. It covers areas such as delays in diagnosis and common medication and prescribing problems.

Advice articles

• GPs advised on taking seven steps to patient safety - 26 June 2009
• Medication error claims in general practice - 8 May 2009
• The Dentists Act 1984 (Amendment) Order 2005 - Article 35 - 20 May 2008
• An insight into ophthalmic claims - 1 December 2007
• Anticoagulant alert - 20 April 2007
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Case histories

• A contraindicated headache-prescription - 26 April 2006
• Working beyond competency - 4 October 2005
• Communication error - 4 October 2005
• Undetected pulmonary embolism in a mildy asthmatic patient - 31 August 2004
• Surgical treatment of a bilateral Wilms tumour - 1 January 2004
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Advice calls

• Advice line dilemma - prescribing - 1 May 2005
• Taking the wrong X rays - 1 January 1998