Collaborating to improve maternity care: NHS Resolution hosts national maternity conference
NHS Resolution is welcoming clinical professionals from maternity teams across England to its free, face-to-face maternity conference next Monday. Bringing the unique lens of compensation claims to maternity safety the conference builds on NHS Resolution’s work as a national indemnity body working closely with trusts …
Promoting a just and fair culture
In the 2020 NHS staff survey, 65.6% of NHS staff said they felt safe to speak up about concerns in their organisation, but in 2021, that number had decreased to 62%. The importance of promoting a just and fair working culture and making people feel …
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Quicker resolution for families of babies with avoidable brain injury
NHS Resolution has today published the second report into its ground-breaking scheme driving proactive liability investigations and early resolution of birth injury cases to support families, staff and healthcare providers. Although the NHS remains one of the safest healthcare systems in the world within which …
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Learning Disability Week: influencing a positive change in practice
Learning Disability Week, hosted by Mencap, runs from 20 to 26 June. This year’s campaign theme is ‘Living Life with a Learning Disability.’ Highlighting how people with learning disabilities are reconnecting with their friends and communities. As well as to address the continuing issues …
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Diabetes and lower limb complications: A thematic review of clinical negligence claims
Standardised care and better education could prevent diabetic patients from undergoing amputations, preserve wellbeing and save the NHS money, an NHS Resolution report has found. The report identifies themes in compensation claims involving patients with progressive diabetes-related lower-limb complications that in the worst cases can …
Duty of candour animation offers guidance on the importance of being open and honest
Being open and honest with patients and those close to them is always the right thing to do and is often referred to as the duty of candour. NHS Resolution has produced a short animation to help those working in health and social care to …
Learning from Emergency Medicine compensation claims
NHS Resolution has today published a set of three reports which explore clinical issues that contribute to compensation claims within Emergency Departments. Emergency Departments (ED) in England provide a high-quality service to patients under challenging circumstances. It is understanding how claims can provide unique learning …
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Litigation related to anaesthesia: analysis of claims report published
Anaesthesia remains a medico legally low risk specialty, an analysis of claims has shown. A report, co-authored by NHS Resolution’s Tim Shurlock and Tinku Mitra, reviewed 1230 claims against anaesthesia in England. Cost and comparisons were made against a similar published analysis from 1995-2007. Anaesthesia now …
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