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

Medical errors may be 3rd leading cause of death

Is it surprising that death certificates do not record deaths resulting from inadequate patient care‽

 But hospital handovers aren't risky.
Are they? Really‽

When patient advocates are better than doctors

Really, do we need a patient advocate‽

Maybe.
Probably not.
We have regulating bodies like the C.P.S.O. looking after us!

Here's a reassuring article.

Last, but not least, in Ontario we have the

Ontario Hospital Association

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‽

Brian Sinclair's death preventable?

The inquest into the death of 45-year-old double amputee Brian Sinclair in a hospital waiting room in Winnipeg has found it was not homicide and doesn't require a public inquiry.

See CBC article Dec 12, 2014

Inquest report here and here

A shortcoming of self-regulation?

Take another look at this recent post.

Dangers of pharmacists' alert fatigue.

When I saw this article, it isn't just a pharmacist trouble area but that of doctors as well.

As one's age becomes more "golden" the number of medications on the shelf seems to increase at an alarming rate. This make one wonder if there there are adverse drug interactions that we should pro-actively investigate on our own!

An update?

Jan 19, 2015

Medication mix-up

Man given different patient’s medications by mistake

Effective, Ethical Self Regulation Has Been Achieved‽

Maybe not!

But we are almost there, aren't we?

Click here for an update.

The News continues to reassure us that all is well!

Cancer patient misdiagnosed, then denied treatment

Click here

Patient safety and protection?

Is it a reality here in Canada or a fiction?

Click here to see an article on medical whistle blowers that may make you wonder.

Miracle? Man pronounced dead comes back to life

Ohio man pronounced dead comes back to life after 45 minutes

This couldn't happen here in Canada, could it?  CLICK HERE

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?

Website pulls together global information on patient safety, quality care

THANK GOD!

This blog, I guess, is now redundant!

Isn't it?

Regional Clinical Services Road Map

Blogs, such as this one with its links, could be a ready source of public input!

How are(n't) health services delivered in this or any other region?


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There isn't any flaw in this plan, is there?
Tunnel vision, I hope not!

Clinical Services Roadmap On the web



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End-of-life row toddler moved to US

Parents of a terminally ill Canadian boy have transferred him to a US Catholic hospital after an Ontario court ruled doctors could remove a breathing tube keeping him alive.

"Baby Joseph" headed to US with help of Priests for Life and Catholic Hospital in Missouri



Baby Joseph's Struggle a Teaching Moment On The Value Of Life



Doctors Hope Treatment Will Give Baby Joseph The Gift Of More Time
March 23, 2011

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!

Much-delayed inquiry into boy’s death

Robbie Powell 1990 Swansea death inquiry criticised

A leading Welsh Conservative says plans for an independent investigation into a 10-year-old boy's death 20 years ago do not go far enough.

This travesty could not happen in Canada!

Could it?

Hospital high death rates

Is anytning going to be done to make hospitals safer and better?

Consider checklists, maybe?

Probably not on a large scale.

Battle brews over access to hospital records

Some naively believe reasonable access is possible.

The tooth fairy exists?

It doesn't!

Boo Hoo

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