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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
- Child protection guidance in Scotland - 5 May 2011
- Advice to GPs inserting contraceptive implants - 21 March 2011
- Who’s the Daddy? Patient requests for paternity tests - 16 March 2011
- GPs warned to look out for meningitis red flags - 14 March 2011
- GPs advised to be cautious with children's flu vaccinations - 18 February 2011
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Case histories
- A colleague causes concerns - 21 December 2010
- Must doctors comply with guidelines? - 21 December 2010
- Bilateral amputation - 17 December 2010
- Miscarriage following laparoscopy - 16 December 2010
- Conflicting opinion - 16 December 2010
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Advice calls
- Advice line dilemma – prescribing - 1 May 2005
- Taking the wrong X rays - 1 January 1998
