New Chair appointed for NHS Resolution
NHS Resolution is pleased to announce the appointment of our new Chair, Sally Cheshire CBE. Sally is an experienced Chair, Board Member and Audit Chair across the health, care and family justice sectors. She will take up her role as Chair of NHS Resolution on …
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NHS Resolution strategy to 2025 published
Maximising learning from data and working collaboratively to improve maternity outcomes are two of the priorities in NHS Resolution’s new strategy, which is published today. ‘Advise, Resolve and Learn: Our strategy to 2025’ is NHS Resolution’s blueprint from April 2022 for the next three years. …
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Important information for your IT Team
After launching Internet Explorer in 1995, Microsoft will be retiring its web browser Internet Explorer (version 11) from June 2022, in favour of the more powerful and modern Edge browser. In preparation, if your organisation uses our NHS Resolution Extranet, Claims Management and Document Transfer …
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Cases of note: Paul v. Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Polmear v. Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust; Purchase v. Ahmed (Court of Appeal 13 January 2022)
These three cases were heard together by the court. All involved “secondary victims”, in other words people who were not directly subject to the alleged negligence, but either witnessed a shocking event or came upon it in its immediate aftermath. Those directly affected are known …
Government consultation on fixed recoverable costs launched
A consultation on Fixed Recoverable Costs for Lower Value Clinical Negligence Claims has been published today by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). The main objective is to provide faster resolution, with legal costs that are proportionate to the value of compensation. NHS …
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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 …
Practitioner Performance Advice launches a range of digital resources
Our Practitioner Performance Advice education service has developed a range of digital resources, including five short, informational videos detailing key aspects of the service. The videos form part of the service’s overall aim to support the healthcare system in understanding, managing and resolving performance concerns …
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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 …
