Scorecard user guide for members
To support member organisations to make the best use of their scorecards – the interactive tool in an Excel format that provides members with an analysis of their organisation’s clinical and non-clinical claims – we have created an animation that explains how scorecards are used. …
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Primary Care Appeals: interest on monies owed
Primary Care Appeals has been the expert appellate body providing resolution in unresolved disputes between NHS service commissioners and NHS service providers for the last twenty-eight years. Wherever local resolution fails, Primary Care Appeal steps in to resolve disputes between NHS England and Improvement or …
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Case of note: Henry v. Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (High Court, December 2020)
Mr. Henry was a carpenter who suffered long-standing back pain and sciatica following an accident at work in 1990. In 2010 he underwent surgery which involved the insertion of bilateral pedicle screws in his back, secured with metal rods. Unfortunately he continued to experience severe …
Launch of bimonthly virtual learning forum
In response to member requests, our Safety and Learning team launched a bimonthly virtual learning forum for clinicians, safety, quality and legal leads in February 2021.The aim of the forum is to spread the learning from claims across our membership. Each 60-minute forum is set …
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New academic partnership to deliver benefits in patient safety and improved claims learning
NHS Resolution is delighted to announce the launch of a new academic partnership with London South Bank University and Staffordshire University, which has been in place since March 2021. The partnership has been designed as a collaboration between NHS Resolution and both universities to support …
NHS Resolution reappoints two Non-Executive Directors to its Board whilst future recruitment gets underway
NHS Resolution is delighted to announce that Nigel Trout has been reappointed as a Non-Executive Director following his first three-year term on our board. Nigel, who spent his career within the banking and professional services sectors, first joined the board of NHS Resolution in April …
New guide helps NHS trusts improve patient safety by learning from clinical negligence claims
A new best practice guide helping trusts learn more from NHS negligence claims has been issued in the drive for better patient safety. With the cost of harm for clinical negligence claims from incidents in 2019/20 expected to cost the NHS £8.3 billion, the Getting …
Maternity incentive scheme and Early Notification update
We know that the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic continues to place a huge strain on NHS services, and so we have been looking at some of our key programmes to ensure that trusts are supported during this challenging time. We have recently made some revisions to …
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