Continuing to support the Covid-19 response and NHS staff during the pandemic
As we enter into the second autumn of the pandemic, we continue to work with our partners to support the Covid-19 response and NHS staff. We’ve been working with the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England and NHS Improvement to ensure that …
Case of note: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust . AKC (High Court, 29 September 2021 – Steyn J. and Master Brown)
This was a complex and high value clinical negligence case involving the treatment of a cerebral arterio-venous malformation in 2012. The trust admitted liability and settlement received court approval in 2019. Solicitors for the claimant submitted a bill of costs exceeding £1m. NHS Resolution argued …
2021 Scorecards launch
Our 2021 Claims scorecards were launched on 14 September and are available to members via our extranet. The individual scorecards allows our members to view both clinical and non-clinical claims, by type and cost. The scorecards play a pivotal role in allowing NHS trusts and …
Claims scorecards for 2020
We have sent an email to all our members outlining the information contained in our claims scorecards and how they can be used to analyse the impact of recent claims for compensation. The scorecard is a unique, interactive tool in an excel format to assist …
Re-launch of the third year of the maternity incentive scheme
The maternity incentive scheme supports the Maternity Safety Ambition by incentivising ten essential actions designed to improve the delivery of best practice in maternity and neonatal services. In light of Covid-19 pressures on the NHS and maternity services, the maternity incentive scheme Collaborative Advisory Group …
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Case of note: Collyer v. Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust (High Court, 20/12/2019 – Judge Coe QC)
Introduction Mr Collyer, who had a history of laryngeal cancer, underwent a laryngectomy (surgical removal of the larynx) in February 2014. He has been free of cancer since then but has almost no movement in his tongue as a result of significant damage to both hypoglossal …
General practice in focus
Since the launch of our general practice indemnity schemes in April 2019 and April 2020, we have been committed to supporting beneficiaries of these schemes, including through the sharing of learning from claims. To do this we continue to grow our digital resource offering. Our focus …
New resources to support general practice
Since we extended our services to include general practice indemnity eighteen months ago, we have developed our primary care resources to sit alongside our clinical negligence schemes. These now include: podcasts, videos and Covid-19 guidance to help support beneficiaries of our schemes. As part of …
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