ABOUT
Dr Seshoka Muila is a member of the Health Professionals Group (HPG) that offers reliable and affordable health professional protective services in South Africa. At HPG, we strive to give healthcare practitioners peace of mind by providing in-depth legal assistance and cover for labour disputes, HPCSA-related matters, medical aid payment disagreements and college examinations providing access to professional indemnity, financial services and life products at an affordable price.
Adopting sound ethics and operating with integrity, we at the HPG, within the confines of the law, act in the best interest of healthcare practitioners within both the private and public sector.
Services includes :
- Legal costs of clinical negligence claims: Medical negligence is the absence of proper medical assistance or a violation of appropriate care in the medical profession. Plausible cases of injury or death can be linked to healthcare errors, incompetence or conducting incorrect procedures. The patient has to prove that the healthcare professional violated the required standard of medical treatment and that the injury sustained is due to misconduct. Medical malpractice litigation can become very expensive. In partnership with a network of trusted insurance companies, the Health Professionals Group (HPG) provides you with professional indemnity against clinical negligence claims. We efficiently process and conclude claims ensuring that compensation payments and overall legal costs are handled effectively.
- Advice and legal representation for HPCSA complaints or alleged misconduct: The HPG offers advice and provides legal representation for HPCSA hearings for professional and ethical misconduct. From the onset of the alleged misconduct, HPG can assist regarding drafting letters, or providing expert legal representation at inquests or inquiries.
- Legal cover for disciplinary hearings: If you are faced with allegations of professional misconduct hindering the provision of clinical care to patients, the HPG will address these issues regarding your competence, professional conduct and performance through advice and legal representation. HPG's legal defender package covers workplace disciplinary hearings, including contract disputes related to civil and criminal matters. For a reasonable monthly fee, healthcare practitioners in the public sector can benefit from our premium Defender membership package. This package includes cover for labour matters, Colleges of medicines of South Africa (CMSA) related disputes, income tax registration, SARS audit and administration assistance, fiduciary services, financial planning as well as ethics CPD seminars.
- Preparing for court appearances: Preparing for an upcoming court appearance can be daunting; especially if you find yourself amid allegations related to misconduct breaking consent, prescribing medications overlooking side-effects and allergies and breaking doctor and patient confidentiality. HPG assists its clients by preparing reports concerning malpractice matters and advising you on how to conduct yourself at a hearing or inquiry where evidence is needed. Throughout these hearings, the HPG provides legal representation or a lawyer to assist its clients when preparing for court appearances.
- HPG responder package for criminal proceedings: Not only limited to covering healthcare matters our high-quality HPG responder package covers everything under the sun including criminal issues related to urgent bail applications as well as alleged drunk and driving arrests. Healthcare professionals operating within the private sector will benefit from our affordable premium responder monthly package. This package includes a private practice starter pack, 24-hour access to a legal helpline, private access to Norton Rose Fullbright attorneys regarding labour or medical malpractice matters, access to private practice equipment such as Sonar or ECG, training seminars for house staff or practice nurses, fiduciary services regarding drafting and updating wills as well as practice financial planning.
- Medicolegal advisory service: Because of HPG’s partnership with Natmed, you will have 24-hour access to a medicolegal advisor. Our legal advisor will assist you with any matter threatening you or the operation of your clinical practice. Our medicolegal services extend to clinical negligence claims. We offer medicolegal assessments or reports to claimants who sustained injuries as a result of medical negligence, assault or unlawful arrest, motor vehicle or train accidents, fall and slip claims or public liability claims. HPG deals with matters that involve acquiring medicolegal reports timeously without taking up your valuable time. HPG’s medicolegal advisory service available by phone or email resolves prevalent issues that arise from any medical practice.
