Learning Disability Week: influencing a positive change in practice
Learning Disability Week, hosted by Mencap, runs from 20 to 26 June. This year’s campaign theme is ‘Living Life with a Learning Disability.’ Highlighting how people with learning disabilities are reconnecting with their friends and communities. As well as to address the continuing issues …
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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 …
Duty of candour animation offers guidance on the importance of being open and honest
Being open and honest with patients and those close to them is always the right thing to do and is often referred to as the duty of candour. NHS Resolution has produced a short animation to help those working in health and social care to …
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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Learning from Emergency Medicine compensation claims
NHS Resolution has today published a set of three reports which explore clinical issues that contribute to compensation claims within Emergency Departments. Emergency Departments (ED) in England provide a high-quality service to patients under challenging circumstances. It is understanding how claims can provide unique learning …
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Litigation related to anaesthesia: analysis of claims report published
Anaesthesia remains a medico legally low risk specialty, an analysis of claims has shown. A report, co-authored by NHS Resolution’s Tim Shurlock and Tinku Mitra, reviewed 1230 claims against anaesthesia in England. Cost and comparisons were made against a similar published analysis from 1995-2007. Anaesthesia now …
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Virtual learning forums in March 2022
Join our March 2022 virtual learning forums, organised by our Safety and Learning service in partnership with other health system providers. 1. Thursday 3 March 2022, 12.30-1.30: Virtual learning forum hosted by NHS Resolution and GIRFT Our Safety and Learning team is hosting virtual learning …
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Improving outcomes for patients with diabetes
More than 4.9 million people in the UK have diabetes. There are roughly 850,000 people currently living with type 2 diabetes who have not yet been diagnosed. Diabetes leads to more than 9,500 leg, toe or foot amputations every year, or 185 a week. Early …
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