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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Landmark case sees Huddersfield man jailed for NHS fraud
Today, in a landmark case, Sandip Singh Atwal was sentenced to three months in jail for deliberately attempting to defraud the NHS and deceive the Court. Hempsons Solicitors, instructed by NHS Resolution on behalf of Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, successfully established that Mr …
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NHS Resolution Court of Appeal success in ‘bulk conversion’ cases
NHS Resolution has saved the NHS £270,000 in legal costs claimed across three test cases heard in the Court of Appeal with potentially millions of pounds more savings expected on cases waiting in the wings. In line with its strategy to tackle excessive legal costs, …
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We’re joining up with national maternity champions to support the delivery of safety maternity care
In order to help trusts to improve maternity safety we have introduced an incentive element to the contribution to the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST). Maternity safety is an important issue for all CNST members as obstetric claims represent the scheme’s biggest area of …
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