GPs in the UK who act as ‘good Samaritans’ by helping in emergency situations could be provided with extra protection by a new Bill going through parliament, reports [s]Pulse Today[/s].
The [b]Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill[/b] would mean judges would take into account whether an individual was intervening in an emergency to assist someone in danger when deciding whether they should be liable for causing an accident. The report quotes Dr Richenda Tisdale, a medico-legal adviser with the [b]Medical Defence Union[/b], as saying that the new Bill could provide doctors with ‘additional reassurance as it could protect them from being sued.’
[link url=http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/your-practice/practice-topics/legal/good-samaritan-bill-could-give-doctors-more-protection-says-the-mdu/20006950.article#.U5_sfpSSzE0]Full Pulse Today report[/link]