Nhs Complaints: Litigation and Professional Discipline

The Medico-Legal series aims to reflect the changes brought about by medical developments and the reorganization of health care provision.

Each book includes both practical and academic perspectives, providing an account of the problems and changes that have occurred, and indicating possible pitfalls and future developments.

The books also put special emphasis on understanding the law in its proper context, and on using interdisciplinary expertise to solve problems. There is a complex, diverse and confusing system of registering complaints against doctors, pharmacists, dentists and other NHS employees.

The position is complicated by the relationship between complaints and civil litigation.

This book outlines proposals for reform of the handling of complaints.