The emergency department or the emergency medicine service? Redefining the boundaries of responsibility for emergency care litigation in England
Emerg Med J
.
2023 Oct;40(10):698-699.
doi: 10.1136/emermed-2022-212776.
Epub 2023 Jul 5.
Authors
James Price
1
,
Ed B G Barnard
2
3
,
Johanna Selway
2
,
Christopher Adcock
4
,
Emma Dunk
5
,
Susan M Robinson
2
Affiliations
1
Emergency Department, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK james.price@doctors.org.uk.
2
Emergency Department, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
3
Academic Department of Military Emergency Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Research & Clinical Innovation), Birmingham, UK.
4
Department of Acute Medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
5
Medicolegal Department, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
PMID:
37407254
DOI:
10.1136/emermed-2022-212776
No abstract available
Keywords:
emergency department; medical errors; medico-legal; quality improvement.
MeSH terms
Emergency Medical Services*
Emergency Medicine*
Emergency Service, Hospital
England
Humans