NHS Resolution publishes business plan for 2019/20
Our Business plan 2019/20 has just been published. In it, we set out key objectives for year three of our five year strategy, Delivering fair resolution and learning from harm. We have six key priorities for the new financial year, and in supporting these we …
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Branding recognised at European awards
Our work to rename our organisation and develop service line descriptors to better reflect the breadth of work we undertake was entered into three awards categories: Best naming strategy, Best brand consolidation and Best brand development project to reflect changed mission, values or positioning. Best …
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NHS Resolution confirms seven-strong panel of legal firms to help manage CNSGP claims
NHS Resolution has appointed a panel of seven legal firms to assist it, if necessary, in managing claims presented under a new Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP). CNSGP is an indemnity scheme administered by NHS Resolution on behalf of the Secretary of State …
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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Solicitor struck off for overcharging the NHS
Andrew Good, previously a joint owner of Hull law firm Rapid Response, has been struck off after a High Court judgment concluded that he showed a “serious lack of integrity” for overcharging the NHS. Lord Justice Flaux overturned a previous ruling that saw Good fined …
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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 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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Case of note: XX v. Whittington Hospital NHS Trust (Court of Appeal 19/12/2018)
This was a case where liability was admitted and the key issue was the correct measure of damages. There is an anonymity order in place to protect the identity of the claimant, but not that of the trust. XX developed cancer of the cervix. This …
