Uitkomsten van de tuchtrechtspraak over gynaecologen: vergelijkingen tussen 1980-1991 en 1992-2003

- In a study of the archives of the Chief Inspector for Healthcare in the Netherlands during the period 1992-2003, the number of complaints against gynaecologists submitted to disciplinary boards (n = 371) was found to be higher than during the period of 1980-1991 (n = 240). On the other hand, the number of complaints per gynaecologist had decreased from 6.3 complaints per 100 gynaecologists in 1992 to 2.6/100 in 2003. The number of complaints declared legitimate relative to the number of submitted complaints remained the same in both periods (55/240 (23) in 1980-1991 and 84/371 (23) in 1992-2003), although the percentage of complaints ruled as legitimate did increase during the course of the second period from 14 between 1992-1997 to 28 during the 1998-2003 period. Interesting points included the number of rulings regarding the death of an infant (40), the interpretation of the cardiotocography recording, the need to keep medical records up to date (in particular the informed consent) and the fact that almost 50 of complaints ruled to be legitimate related to how the locum position was arranged, the role of the duty gynaecologist and that of the house officer.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2006;150:1528-32