The Medical Defence Union is suggesting GPs review their procedures for managing patients with suspected meningitis as it revealed today it has paid out £22million to settle claims for delay in diagnosing the infection since 1998. According to a new study of medical negligence claims settled by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) following a failure or delay in diagnosing meningitis or meningococcal septicaemia by GPs, numbers remain small, with 34 cases settled in the last twelve years...
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