The inner workings of HDC - legal & evidential issues - Health and ...

Case A – The internal review
• Compelling new information?
• Positive outcome does not excuse poor care (in
the same way a poor outcome is not inculpatory).
• Expert gives a tentative opinion on the adequacy
of the surgery in light of the final histology.
• No basis for reopening investigation.
―And often times excusing of a fault doth make the
fault the worse by the excuse.‖
Shakespeare, King John