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Keith Hindson (patient) & Peter Napier Liston, a specialist OMS, prosecuted by the HDC for medical malpractice at Wanganui DHB under the then CEO Julie Patterson.

Why does medical malpractice not result in the medical practitioner losing their licence ?

Addressing the Long-Term Impact of Patient Harm

"Why It Matters. Patients and families can suffer for months or sometimes years after being harmed by a medical error."

How long is too long for a DHB to report a serious adverse event to the HQSC ? What do you say to 5 years and 9 months ? It's not acceptable to the patient but there is no way to have in enforced.

So, was your case reportable to the HQSC ? Was it lodged by your health provider ? Ask, incite the Official Information Act, it's your right, use it or loose it.

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From the Health Quality and Safety Commission - Reporting adverse events

Under the National Adverse Events Reporting Policy 2017, health and disability service providers with obligations under the Health and Disability Services (Safety) Act 2001,

Health Quality and Safety Commission (HQSC) it's full of patient rights but none that the HQSC can enforce themselves.

HQSC Serious Adverse Events

Know you rights, but can you have them addressed ?, in a nutshell - no, beleive it or not you cannot !

Serious Adverse Events. You may well say that you have a right to complain, but do you have the right to that complaint being investigated ? No, beleive it or not, you don't.

A guide to those who tells us we have rights as patients and who promise to enforce those rights. Yeah, right !

What are your rights (ha) and who should be able to help (again, ha) no guarantees, but the least you can do is try. You may well say that you already have the right to complain, but do you have the right to expect that the complaint is investigated

What happens when things go wrong? Adverse events and treatment injuries

When we are sick, our care should be of the best quality. We should be safe while treated by health professionals. However, even the best of treatment plans can go wrong.

There are two things that can affect patients health and wellbeing. The first i

When things go wrong

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