Good faith or unfair attack? Saskatchewan appeal court to rule on nurse's Facebook posts

Judges will decide whether she had the right to comment on grandfather's health care

As fewer patients sue their doctor, the rate of winning malpractice suits is dropping too | CBC News

" ...the CMPA has significant resources to support doctors in a legal fight. The association's most recent annual report from 2017 shows the CMPA holds $4.5 billion in assets.

But for patients who find it difficult to fund their own cases, many may be surprised to learn they are also indirectly funding the doctors' legal expenses."

Safe patient care will occur in a

culture of honesty, trust,

respect and open communication.

No right to 'play God'

Woman sues Toronto doctors for allegedly ignoring father's wishes to stay alive

Doctors accused of negligence or malpractice in the death of Second World War vet

Alfie Evans - Alder Hey Children's Hospital

TOT'S BATTLE Who is Alfie Evans, how long has he been at Alder Hey hospital and who are the baby’s parents Kate James and Tom Evans?
The child's life support has been switched off after his parents lost the latest in a string of legal battles


'We were told he wouldn't last five minutes and here we are 36 hours later. He looks comfortable. He looks chilled. And that's what's the most important thing right now.'

What Is Being Hidden...?

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Career options in the modern world

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update UK time
At this moment, 5:40pm on Wednesday 25th April, Alfie Evans is still clinging to life, and the Court of Appeal is deciding whether Tom and Kate can take their son to Rome.
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update Apr 26, 2018
Launching campaign for 'Alfie's Law' to give parents more say
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Nearly, but not quite the same in Canada.
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Sunday, April 29, 2018
R.I.P.

Alder Hey organs scandal

GTA hospital didn't notify police about allegations seniors had been sexually assaulted

When asked, Did you notify police, did you file a report?
They said, No. We are not mandated to.

Really‽

Complaints about doctors rarely lead to formal discipline

Thousands of complaints about physicians lead to a handful of disciplinary cases

Self Regulation?

Self Serving?

Hospital mistakes that should never happen

Wishful thinking‽

Kingston woman upset by oversight body's findings into incomplete appendectomy - Ottawa - CBC News

Christine Sulek-Popov had to undergo two appendix removal surgeries after her first surgeon inadvertently left 5 cm of her appendix in her body. (Ashley Burke/CBC)

Confirmation that the College knows best‽

Another example‽

Ontario Health Study

Ontario scientists launch

“largest health study in the world”

Ontario has expertise in many different types of endeavor.

EHealth Ontario comes to mind.

Ontario HST

sex education

on and on

Sites of possible complimentary interest

Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

Robbie’s Law

Robbie’s Law to give families the right to get the truth about medical negligence

THE family of a Welsh schoolboy who died as a result of medical negligence has been credited with inspiring the UK Government to introduce a duty on healthcare providers to be honest with patients and their families when things go wrong.Patients’ rights campaigners said the so-called Duty of Candour should be known as “Robbie’s Law” in honour of 10-year-old Robbie Powell who was killed in 1990 by a treatable condition that doctors missed.The UK Government this week committed itself to the legal duty in its response to the NHS Future Forum report which sets out how the health service in England will be modernised in the future.

BRICK by BRICK

Maybe, just maybe, justice?

In the distant future?

Should all doctors be empowered to make unilateral decisions about end-of-life treatment

See also

End-of-life row toddler moved to US

Website pulls together global information on patient safety, quality care

THANK GOD!

This blog, I guess, is now redundant!

Isn't it?

Pathologist stripped of his medical licence

A perfect, sad, example of the effectiveness of the current system of self regulation that serves the medical profession?

A regulatory body that consistently looked the other way?

Google for more information!

Father criticises lack of inquiry into son’s death

THE father of Robbie Powell, who died more than two decades ago as a result of medical negligence, yesterday criticised the First Minister for failing to hold a public inquiry into the death.

I don't think that this outcome was unexpected.
Sad to see, though!

Robbie’s Law

Robbie’s Law and the Need for a Statutory Duty of Candour - October 14th, 2010

The Care Quality Commission (Registration) Regulations, which came into force in April 2010, provide for a statutory duty on healthcare providers to report incidents which harm patients to the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA).

AvMA’s report states that, “everyone needs to understand that it is simply unacceptable to allow dishonesty over medical accidents. Sending the message that cover ups may be tolerated (as the current arrangements do) can in no way support an open and fair culture.”

Legal Duty of Candour - 'Robbie's Law'

PROPOSAL FOR A

LEGAL DUTY OF CANDOUR IN HEALTHCARE

see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil

Oh, isn't it remarkable at how confident we can be with the effectiveness of the self regulation that the medical profession has achieved world wide?

Are patients safer?

Patient group aims to lift veil on medical errors

Each year, medical errors kill almost 24,000 Canadians, yet many patients say they struggle getting hospital staff to admit the mistakes. That why they've formed a new group calling for that to change.

That's nearly one needless death every 20 minutes!


Patients for Patient Safety Canada




Patients for Patient Safety Canada Launches Nationally



An average of 195,000 people in the USA died due to potentially preventable, in-hospital medical errors in each of the years 2000, 2001 and 2002

That's nearly one needless death every 3 minutes!

Inquiry may be held into boy's death in 1990

An example of the swift response
to clear up ethical questions dealing with the
MEDICAL PROFESSIONS?

NHS blunder changed organ donors' wishes

Families allowed organs to be donated,
after being given wrong information
on what consent had been given

Makes one feel real comfortable with Ontario's,

Fair Notice

"An important change in how organ and tissue donation decisions are registered in Ontario.

Now, when you register or renew your health card at a ServiceOntario Office, you will be advised that only a “YES” to organ and tissue donation is being collected and stored in the OHIP database.",

doesn't it?


Organ transplants: Relative ethics
Examining the ethics of transplants
21 April 2010

Nurse is found guilty of misconduct

16 April 2009
A nurse who secretly filmed for a Panorama programme exposing neglect of elderly patients in a hospital has been struck off the register with immediate effect.

It sometimes takes a few moments for common sense to prevail?

12 October 2009
A nurse who was struck off the register for secretly filming care for the elderly at a Brighton hospital has won her battle to return to work.

22 March 2010
Nurse Margaret Haywood blew the whistle on shocking care of elderly patients in Sussex by filming undercover. She was struck off, but the high court reinstated her last month.

The sacred ethic of the health professions;
You don't blow the whistle on colleagues and they don't on you!,
RIGHT?