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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Launch of bimonthly virtual learning forum
In response to member requests, our Safety and Learning team launched a bimonthly virtual learning forum for clinicians, safety, quality and legal leads in February 2021.The aim of the forum is to spread the learning from claims across our membership. Each 60-minute forum is set …
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New academic partnership to deliver benefits in patient safety and improved claims learning
NHS Resolution is delighted to announce the launch of a new academic partnership with London South Bank University and Staffordshire University, which has been in place since March 2021. The partnership has been designed as a collaboration between NHS Resolution and both universities to support …
Covid-19: managing an obstetric emergency
Recognising that the Covid-19 pandemic provides new challenges for the safety of people receiving and providing maternity care, The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (THIS Institute) has undertaken a project, conducted in collaboration with the PROMPT Maternity Foundation, and involving a rapid-response consultation exercise to understand …
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New claims management coding to drive improvements in maternal and neonatal care
Marking the launch of the 20th international Group B Strep Awareness Month on 1 July, NHS Resolution has recently introduced a series of new learning codes to its claims management system to improve the identification of injuries suffered by babies in the neonatal period. The …
The maternity incentive scheme year two results
The maternity incentive scheme was launched by NHS Resolution at the end of 2017. Trusts that successfully achieve all of the ten safety actions recover not only their contribution to the maternity incentive fund, but also a share of any unallocated monies. Unsuccessful trusts are …
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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 …
NHS Resolution welcomes Emergency Medicine Clinical Fellow
NHS Resolution is delighted to welcome Dr Freya Levy who joined this week as our Emergency Medicine Clinical Fellow on a year-long secondment (Monday 11 February 2019). In 2017/18 NHS Resolution identified a shift in clinical negligence claims, with the majority of claims by number …
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