Doctor Errors: The 8 things that must never happen to you in hospital - There are eight things that must never, ever happen to you while you’re in hospital. If they do, health insurers say they will no longer pay out.

Doctor Errors: Sometimes they don’t know their right hand from their left - Do you know your right hand from your left? Of course you do – but a surprisingly large number of doctors don’t. This can be a problem if you’re amp...

Doctor Error: One in five don’t own up (but most Canadians do) - One in five doctors admit they would not own up to a medical error to the victim or next-of-kin if it resulted in the patient’s death.

Doctors are also victims of medical errors - In a recent US survey, over 40 per cent of people said they or their families had been the victim of medical errors - as did 35 per cent of doctors

Doctor Error: One-third of hospital doctors make ‘major mistake’ every year - A third of all hospital doctors make at least one major mistake – which may harm the patient or even result in his death – every year, a new study has...

Junior Doctors: It’s true, they don’t really know what they are doing - If you’ve ever spent any time in hospital, you’ve probably been treated by a junior doctor. And, inevitably, your chances of suffering malpractice or...

Medical mistakes: doctors say the system's to blame - A recent US document published by the Institute of Medicine showed that up to 98,000 people die in the US each year due to medical error more than die...

Doctor Error: It’s rife, especially among the newborns - It’s an urban myth – and one that happens to be true – that the death rate plummets when doctors go on strike. Patients in hospital are especially vu...