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Page 1: Safety & Sanctions · 2019. 10. 3. · Kapil S Satyapal: Professor Emeritus & Fellow: UKZN Patient Expectations Always enquire about patient expectations Complaints The number of

Kapil S Satyapal

Kapil S Satyapal: Professor Emeritus & Fellow: UKZN

Safety & Sanctions

A Medico-Legal Perspective

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Cost of Litigation

2015:

R61 Billion

R85-90 Billion

2016:

2017:

Kapil S Satyapal: Professor Emeritus & Fellow: UKZN

2019: R93 Billion?

Plus REF DEBT 2017 / 2018 R206.3 Billion

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Cost of Indemnity

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“Public health system close to collapsing”June 2018 (Medical Ombudsman)

• Doctor burnout (Shanafeldt, US & Pinto, UK 2016)

• “Junior Doctors at breaking point”(Daily News, 19 June 2018)

Major Challenges

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1. Obstetrics

2. Neonatology

3. Spine surgery

Highest Risk Specialties

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Kapil S Satyapal: Professor Emeritus & Fellow: UKZN

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Kapil S Satyapal: Professor Emeritus & Fellow: UKZN

Patient Expectations

Always enquire about patient expectations

ComplaintsThe number of complaints received against a doctor is an

accurate predictor of litigation.

Communication Failure

At least 70% of all patient action against doctors can be

traced directly to communication failure.

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Kapil S Satyapal: Professor Emeritus & Fellow: UKZN

EmpathyDoctors that use empathy routinely,

“litigation-proof themselves”… Mark O’Brien

When something goes wrong: Apologise

Apology

Healthcare is TeamCareWhen more than one doctor is involved in the care of

a patient, risk rises exponentially.

Good clinical notes are important

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Era of shared decision-making

Training doctors to be reliability

practitioners of the 21st century

Into the future

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Hungry

Angry

Late

Tired

Are you a HALT Doctor?

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Sanctions

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Legal Paradigm Shift

The Bolam Test

Oxford Reference

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“A Reasonable Doctor”

“ A REASONABLE PATIENT”

1. Risks that apply to ANY patient

2. Risks that apply particularly to THIS patient

Bolam Test Shift

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Legal Precedent

I. Rogers vs. Whitaker (1992) 67 ALJR. 47 (High court of Australia)

I. Castell vs. De Greef(1994) (4) SA 408)

III. Montgomery vs. Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11 On appeal from (2013) CHIH 3

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SPECIFIC STRATEGIES

Legal Profession

• Capping of settlement claims

• Contingency Fee Review

• Improve quality of legal representation

• Fast-track timelines in settlements

• Medical assessors to sit with judiciary.

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SPECIFIC STRATEGIES

Academic Institutions

• Introduce risk management content into both under- &

post-graduate curricula

• Address perceived drop in professionalism & standards

• Targeted research into high risk medical conditions eg.

CP.

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Regulatory Bodies

• Introduction of Compulsory Malpractice

Insurance

• Assess Impact of NHI on Medical Litigation

• Role of HPCSA.

SPECIFIC STRATEGIES

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ADR

• Medical Mediation.

SPECIFIC STRATEGIES

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MEDICO-LEGAL REGULATORY BODY

SPECIFIC STRATEGIES

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Ministry of Health

HPCSA

Ministry of Justice

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Acknowledgements

• HPCSA

Preliminary Committee of Inquiry

Professional Conduct Inquiry

• MPS

Risk Management Series

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