Hey Britain. On a day like today, you already know the absolutely perfect thing to eat.

It comes in a bowl, you eat it with a spoon, it's absolutely delicious and it'll warm you right through.

Of course it's soup. It has to be has to be soup and of course it has to be Heinz.

Which leaves you with just one decision.

Will it be a tried and trusted favorite or will one of the new hind soup flavours

tantalise your taste buds like spicy parsnip with a couple of chunks of warm

crusty bread topped with a little melted butter? You already know you're going to love it.

For warming comfort on a cold day, it has to be Heinz.

Behind the Knife, the surgery podcast, where we take a behind the scenes intimate look at surgery

from leaders in the field. Welcome to our April series on Medical Malpractice. We'd like to thank Ryan

McCherson for suggesting this topic. Before we get started, we are going to

link in the show notes to an article by Medscape, which is their malpractice report from 2017 which is the most

recent report that they have published. The numbers are quite sobering and it's important

to keep in mind as trainees and junior faculty as we enter the

practicing workforce. More than 19,000 surgeons and physicians were surveyed in over 27 specialties. and

here are the number.

85% of the surgeons who were surveyed had been sued.

31% were for complications and 28% for delayed diagnosis.

58% of the surveyed respondents said

that they were very surprised about the litigation, and 89% did not think it was warranted. 33% said that they

spent more than 40 hours on defense but 33% also did say that they spent zero time in court.

For 39% of the respondents, the lawsuit took one to two years

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