Doctor Errors: Even the patient can’t spot them

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

Medical error: One in 10 harmed by mistakes in hospital

One in 10 people admitted to a hospital in Britain will be injured or harmed because of a mistake by the staff, and 40,000 die every year as a consequ...

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...