Insights from assault claims
£53.4 million will be spent to settle 1,255 of the 3,227 claims made for assault received by NHS Resolution between 2013 and 2018. This is equivalent to employing 1,700 registered nurses for one year. 1,225 claims received between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2018 …
Read the Being Fair report
Being fair sets out the rationale and discussions for organisations adopting a more reflective approach to learning from incidents and supporting staff.
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A just and learning culture is the balance of fairness, justice, learning – and taking responsibility for actions. It is not about seeking to blame the individuals involved when care in the NHS goes wrong. This leaflet contains advice on supporting a just and learning culture for staff and patients following incidents in the NHS.
The Early Notification scheme progress report: collaboration and improved experience for families
NHS Resolution has reported on the first year of its innovative scheme to drive improvements in maternity and neonatal services and to ensure that families are better supported whose babies suffer rare, but tragic, avoidable brain injuries at birth. You may also be interested in …
Fetal surveillance
This case story is based on real events and NHS Resolution is sharing the experience of those involved to help prevent a similar occurrence happening to patients, families and staff.
Good practice management of the antenatal CTG
This case story is based on real events and NHS Resolution is sharing the experience of those involved to help prevent a similar occurrence happening to patients, families and staff.
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Preventing surgical burns
From 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2019, NHS Resolution were notified of 631 clinical negligence claims relating to surgical burns to patients. Out of these 631 claims, 459 were settled, 58 were unmeritorious and 114 are still open. This has led to NHS Resolution …
Watch a conversation with a coroner
In this video a coroner provides oversight on their role and share insights on how behaving candidly and with transparency can boost the credibility of a witness.
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