New guidance calls on NHS to embed a learning and just culture to support staff, patients and carers
Challenging the NHS’ workplace culture is key to improving patient safety says NHS Resolution in their latest guidance. Being fair: supporting a just and learning culture for staff and patients following incidents in the NHS highlights the need for the NHS to involve users of …
Poole woman jailed for NHS fraud
In the second case of its kind, Lesley Elder has been sentenced to five months in jail for attempting to defraud the NHS of in excess of £2.3m in compensation (Friday 5 April). Browne Jacobson LLP, instructed by NHS Resolution on behalf of George Eliot …
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State indemnity scheme for general practice launched
We are delighted that the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) will bring general practitioners (GPs) in line with their hospital colleagues. From today (1 April 2019) everyone working in general practice will be automatically covered in relation to NHS services. With a shared …
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NHS Resolution to launch a new indemnity scheme for general practice
NHS Resolution is delighted to be launching an indemnity scheme for General Practice for clinical incidents occurring on or after 1st April 2019. This will be known as the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice, or CNSGP. Further information can be found here on a …
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Positive first year for collaborative maternity incentive scheme
A national scheme to help maternity services in England deliver better care to mothers and their babies has shown positive results in its first year. NHS Resolution’s maternity incentive scheme, rewards trusts meeting ten safety actions designed to improve the delivery of best practice in …
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NHS Resolution reviews suicide-related claims to help prevent future harm
NHS Resolution is calling for improvements and better integration across the NHS and mental health services to ensure at risk patients are given more support and care having carried out a thematic review of suicide-related claims. The report, launched to coincide with World Suicide Prevention …
NHS Resolution presses ahead with mediation as litigation decreases but claims costs continue to rise
2017/18 annual report and accounts published Formal litigation reduced to the lowest recorded level as NHS Resolution mediated more claims in a single year than in its entire history. This was accompanied by a welcome reduction in claimant legal costs (by £31.8 million) for the …
New Board members will help NHS Resolution deliver its ambitious agenda
NHS Resolution has welcomed two new members to the Board who will play a key role in delivering its ambitious plans. From establishing and administering the general practice indemnity scheme due in April 2019, to shifting compensation claims out of the courtroom and into the …
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