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Wilsher v Essex AHA [1986] 3 All ER 801
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A junior doctor placed a catheter into a vein rather then an artery leading to an excess of oxygen in the young patient and, it was argued, subsequent blindness. The Court of Appeal dismissed the argument that a lower standard of care had to apply to those training within a profession. As Glidewell LJ stated, in applying the Bolam test a uniformed standard of care had to be adopted otherwise: ‘….inexperience would frequently be urged as a defence to an action for professional negligence’. However, the court did go on to state that a junior doctor would not, necessarily, be in breach if they were to seek advice from a more senior/experienced colleague (as was, in fact, the case in Wilsher). Liability, in such cases, would then fall upon the more senior doctor for a lack of supervision.

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#clinical-negligence #negligence #tort
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Wilsher v Essex AHA [1986] 3 All ER 801
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#clinical-negligence #negligence #tort
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Wilsher v Essex AHA [1986] 3 All ER 801
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A junior doctor placed a catheter into a vein rather then an artery leading to an excess of oxygen in the young patient and, it was argued, subsequent blindness. The Court of Appeal dismissed the argument that a lower standard of care had to apply to those training within a profession. As Glidewell LJ stated, in applying the Bolam test a uniformed standard of care had to be adopted otherwise: ‘….inexperience would frequently be urged as a defence to an action for professional negligence’. However, the court did go on to state that a junior doctor would not, necessarily, be in breach if they were to seek advice from a more senior/experienced colleague (as was, in fact, the case in Wilsher). Liability, in such cases, would then fall upon the more senior doctor for a lack of supervision.
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The leading authority on this point with regards to clinical negligence is Wilsher v Essex AHA [1986] 3 All ER 801 in which a junior doctor placed a catheter into a vein rather then an artery leading to an excess of oxygen in the young patient and, it was argued, subsequent blindness. The Court of Ap

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