A woman with a severe penicillin allergy died after being injected with Augmentin despite multiple safeguards that included a medical alert necklace and prominent warning notes
A GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights for inadequate management of a woman’s symptoms following a deep vein thrombosis diagnosis
A GP decided against examining a woman who was too unwell to fully engage in a consultation – and the patient died three weeks later from metastatic oesophageal cancer
A report released today by Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Dr Vanessa Caldwell has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for inadequate management of a woman’s symptoms following diagnosis of lower leg deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
A doctor at a medical centre breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for the delayed diagnosis of a woman’s metastatic oesophageal cancer
A doctor at a medical centre breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for not ordering an ECG and blood test for a woman with chest pain
The Medical Council has been asked to undertake a competence review of a GP who failed to provide a patient with his prostate test results in a timely manner
The Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner has found a GP breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for his delays in advising the results of a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test to his patient
Capital and Coast District Health Board (CCDHB) (now Te Whatu Ora Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley) breached the Code of Health & Disability Services Consumer’s Rights (the Code) for poor postoperative care following a man’s eye surgery
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management