Consultant Articles
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Reeling in the medico-legal year
Please see below article by Aisling Timoney, Senior Legal Counsel in Medisec, published in the Medical Independent on a summary of judgments of interest to healthcare professionals in 2024 Download as a PDF
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Recording – Suspicious minds: How to react if a patient has been recording you without your knowledge
Please click below to read an article by Niall Rooney, Legal Counsel at Medisec published in the Medical Independent on: How to react if a patient has been recording you without your knowledge: Download as a PDF
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Providing evidence at fitness to practise hearings
Please click below to read an article by Liam Heffernan, Legal Counsel at Medisec published in the Medical Independent on providing evidence at fitness to practise hearings: Download as a PDF
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Personal Injuries Guidelines impact
Please click below to read an article by Niall Rooney, Consultant Lead Counsel in Medisec published in the Medical Independent on the impact of the Personal Injuries Guidelines: Download as a PDF
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Patient safety incidents – supporting clinicians
Please click below to read an article by Julie Price, Consultant Clinical Risk Advisor to Medisec published in the Medical Independent on the toll that patient safety incidents can have on clinicians and what can be done to support them. Download as a PDF
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Open Disclosure legislation
Please click below to read an article by Sile O’Dowd, Legal Counsel at Medisec published in the Medical Independent on recent Open Disclosure legislation: Download as a PDF
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Occupational Health – Medico-legal dilemmas in occupational health matters
Please click below to read an article by Dr Mary Davin Power, Senior Clinical Risk Adviser at Medisec published in the Medical Independent on medico-legal dilemmas in occupational health matters: Download as a PDF
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Next of Kin in medicine
Please click below to read an article by Stephen O’Leary, Legal Counsel at Medisec published in the Medical Independent on the concept of next of kin in medicine: Download as a PDF
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Navigating Social Media
Please click below to read an article by Niall Rooney, Senior Legal Counsel in Medisec, published in the Medical Independent on navigating social media: Download as a PDF