Gaeline Phipps

Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps considers what life has been like in medical practice during the ‘COVID years’, from complaints processes and difficulty accessing care to effects on family members

Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps discusses your responsibilities when providing care at a distance, because even when the challenges of COVID-19 are behind us, many patients will still prefer virtual consultations

Doctors may experience difficulties in their relationship with some patients, which may lead to negative outcomes for both doctor and patient. Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps discusses what’s needed to safely end a patient–doctor relationship

Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps compares the office of the Health and Disability Commissioner’s straightforward approach to the Ministry of Health’s error over a COVID-19 vaccine dose shortfall with that of the convoluted investigatory and disciplinary process GPs would expect for medical error

A 1996 case caused a great many ripples in the medicolegal field, after a relatively inexperienced registrar joined the staff of National Women’s Hospital in Auckland

Doctors may experience difficulties in their relationship with some patients, which may lead to negative outcomes for both doctor and patient. Wellington barrister Gaeline Phipps discusses what’s needed to safely end a patient–doctor relationship

A 1996 case caused a great many ripples in the medicolegal field, after a relatively inexperienced registrar joined the staff of National Women’s Hospital in Auckland