NHS Resolution Court of Appeal success in ‘bulk conversion’ cases
NHS Resolution has saved the NHS £270,000 in legal costs claimed across three test cases heard in the Court of Appeal with potentially millions of pounds more savings expected on cases waiting in the wings. In line with its strategy to tackle excessive legal costs, …
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Scanning of Paper Medical Records
Scanning of Paper Medical Records We have come across a number of cases recently where the transfer of paper records to digital form has caused difficulty in defending claims. This is especially so where CTG traces are involved. Sometimes the originals are destroyed and this …
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We’re joining up with national maternity champions to support the delivery of safety maternity care
In order to help trusts to improve maternity safety we have introduced an incentive element to the contribution to the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST). Maternity safety is an important issue for all CNST members as obstetric claims represent the scheme’s biggest area of …
Case of note: GS v. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (Court of Appeal, 18 July 2017)
Mr. William Ewan died in 2007, at the age of 86, following an operation to insert a trans-aortic valve. His estate (represented by GS) brought proceedings in negligence against the Trust alleging failure to give proper information as to the risks involved in the operation, …
NHS Resolution’s review of five years of cerebral palsy claims is a vital step towards preventing future harm
NHS Resolution’s review of five years of cerebral palsy claims is a vital step towards preventing future harm A new report from NHS Resolution, ‘Five years of cerebral palsy claims’, provides an in-depth examination of the causes of these rare but tragic incidents and the …
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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Case of note: ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and Others (Court of Appeal, 16 May 2017)
This was an unusual and tragic case. In 2007 ABC’s father shot and killed her mother. He was convicted of manslaughter on the ground of diminished responsibility and sentenced to a hospital order. Medical staff suspected that the father might be suffering from Huntington’s Disease, …
Human Rights update
Compiled by Hempsons on our behalf, ‘Human Rights update’ is a quarterly update for Human Rights Act leads and others in our Member organisations, who use and apply human rights in their day to day work. The aim is to alert you to key cases, …
