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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Positive first year for collaborative maternity incentive scheme
A national scheme to help maternity services in England deliver better care to mothers and their babies has shown positive results in its first year. NHS Resolution’s maternity incentive scheme, rewards trusts meeting ten safety actions designed to improve the delivery of best practice in …
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Outcome of Sign up to Safety bids
Halving avoidable harm in the NHS over the next three years and saving 6000 lives is the ambition of the national Sign up to Safety campaign, launched by the Secretary of State for Health in June 2014. As a key member of the National Coordinating …
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Linking incidents, complaints and claims – a pilot
NHS Resolution’s Safety and learning service piloted a project in conjunction with Datix and Ulysess to examine the strengths of the links between incidents, complaints and claims. There are four sites, one in each of the regions: North – North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS …
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