Blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure which removes excess skin, fat or muscle and can be performed under general anesthesia or local anesthesia with sedation.
This procedure involves incisions along the creases of the upper eyelid or lower eyelid margin.
A Transconjunctival blepharoplasty is a surgical procedure which deals with the lower eyelids.
The surgeon will need to have the proper training and requisite skill to carry out this procedure.
The patient is entitled to a standard of care when undertaking this procedure.
An adequate assessment before surgery will need to have occurred. The patient should be advised of any risks which may be relevant.
Errors can occur due to inadequate assessments, a lack of informed consent, surgery errors, an anaesthesia error, or an aftercare issue.
Evidently the medical provider performing the surgery should have the necessary skill and qualifications.
Patient Safety Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure Act 2023
This Act was signed into law in May of 2023 but as of the current date it has not formally commenced.
Section 5 of the Act provides for an Open Disclosure Obligation in the event of a notifiable incident :
5. (1) Where a health services provider is satisfied that a notifiable incident has occurred in the course of the provision by it of a health service to a patient, (whether the notifiable incident occurred when that provider was providing that service or another health services provider was providing a health service to that patient) the health services provider shall, subject to sections 19 and 20 , hold a notifiable incident disclosure meeting in order to make the open disclosure of that notifiable incident to the patient or relevant person (or both of them) as specified in section 7 .
Section 7 of the Act requires an open disclosure be made to a patient of a notifiable incident.
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