Learning from medication errors
Medication errors are any Patient Safety Incidents (PSI) where there has been an error in the process of prescribing, preparing, dispensing, and administering, monitoring or providing advice on medicines. Medication errors can occur at many steps in patient care, from ordering the medication to the time …
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Practitioner Performance Advice launches latest Insights paper on action plans
Our Practitioner Performance Advice service has today published its latest Insights paper: Professional Support and Remediation (PSR): key features of recent action plans which aims to raise awareness of how the PSR service can help frontline NHS organisations retain valued, experienced practitioners who need targeted …
Collaborating to improve maternity care: NHS Resolution hosts national maternity conference
NHS Resolution is welcoming clinical professionals from maternity teams across England to its free, face-to-face maternity conference next Monday. Bringing the unique lens of compensation claims to maternity safety the conference builds on NHS Resolution’s work as a national indemnity body working closely with trusts …
Quicker resolution for families of babies with avoidable brain injury
NHS Resolution has today published the second report into its ground-breaking scheme driving proactive liability investigations and early resolution of birth injury cases to support families, staff and healthcare providers. Although the NHS remains one of the safest healthcare systems in the world within which …
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Launch of behavioural assessment resources
Our Practitioner Performance Advice service has today published its latest Insights paper: Behavioural Assessments: findings from an in-depth qualitative and quantitative analysis and an accompanying video which explains what a behavioural assessment involves, and the types of situations in which it can help to achieve …
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New claims baseline to support future improvements in general practice care
Analysis of the data from the first year of an indemnity scheme for general practice has identified that quicker and more accurate diagnosis, and improved prescribing processes could result in better patient outcomes, a report from NHS Resolution published today has found. The report provides …
NHS Resolution continues to drive down litigation – Annual report and accounts published for 2021/22
NHS Resolution has today published its annual report and accounts for 2021/22 which sets out how its innovative dispute resolution strategy has continued to drive down litigation against the NHS in England. A record 77% of claims were resolved in 2021/22 without court proceedings, continuing …
Diabetes and lower limb complications: A thematic review of clinical negligence claims
Standardised care and better education could prevent diabetic patients from undergoing amputations, preserve wellbeing and save the NHS money, an NHS Resolution report has found. The report identifies themes in compensation claims involving patients with progressive diabetes-related lower-limb complications that in the worst cases can …
