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 …
Improvements to our extranet
Work has been underway to update the technology our extranet sits on, which will facilitate future improvements. For those who access the extranet, the first stage of changes are anticipated to go live in April and at this time users will be required to reset …
Ambulance staff matter
NHS Resolution in collaboration with Weightmans and Hill Dickinson hosted a safety and learning event specifically for ambulance trusts. The purpose of the event was to focus on the safety and support of frontline ambulance staff including paramedics, technicians and call centre staff. There were …
Changes to Practitioner Performance Advice assessments
When organisations have concerns about individual doctors, dentists or pharmacists, our assessment service can help to clarify and understand their performance and to provide a sound basis upon which to bring the case towards a resolution. We have recently carried out a review of our …
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