As autonomous practitioners they are very sensitive to the risk of disciplinary action or litigation should a patient be harmed.
However, the Medical Innovation Bill, popularly known as the Saatchi bill, could allow quack doctors to treat vulnerable patients without fear of litigation or disciplinary proceedings.
On the lookout for hooliganism, the police failed to spot in time that people were collapsing from the crush of bodies, not booze or fisticuffs.Since that day a raft of inquiries, inquests, litigation and disciplinary investigations have failed to explain events to the satisfaction of the bereaved families.
(Patient safety staff, hospital) Little is known about the differences between the 'internal' organization's response to incidents and the 'external' response of litigation or disciplinary actions through the legal system.
Less frequent findings were that CPGs were impractical, unable to be used for individual patients, limited clinician autonomy, increased the likelihood of litigation or disciplinary action, and were used to cut costs [ 10].
Furthermore, there are other barriers mentioned in literature that influence event reporting, including: fear of disciplinary action or potential litigation, time pressure, no feedback, the perception that reporting is unnecessary, unclear reporting procedures and a lack of clear definitions as to what constitutes a reportable event [ 19- 25].
Indeed one solid argument for absolute immunity in civil litigation is that disciplinary proceedings provide a more focused sanction than countless lawsuits.
Today, cases can drag on for years, thanks to rules that allow accounting firms accused of wrongdoing to demand that any disciplinary action be deferred until any related litigation is concluded.
This question has implications for medical licensing and professional disciplinary procedures as well as medical malpractice litigation.
