Clinical negligence
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With an increased emphasis on the importance of the reduction of harm across healthcare, it is more important than ever for both public and independent providers of health and social care to ensure they have robust clinical governance frameworks that work effectively.
Increasing public and regulatory concern about learnings derived from previous claims, complaints, incidents and inquests means that regulatory and accountability requirements are constantly evolving and increasingly subject to aggressive enforcement. Health and social care providers need to demonstrate and prove that their patients and their representatives are safe, satisfied, positive and responsive – in order to protect their clinical and organisational reputation, within an increasingly competitive environment.
Below our Clinical Governance experts, Giles and Chris, discuss reviews of organisations' effectiveness in responding to serious clinical incidents, and the importance of good clinical governance
DAC Beachcroft’s clinical governance and quality service combines legal and governance expertise to work with providers of health and social care services to provide high-quality practical advice on their clinical governance arrangements.
In addition to our market-leading Healthcare Regulatory team, the firm has a Governance Advisory Practice (GAP), which comprises Chartered Secretaries and other senior professionals with extensive Board-level experience in the health and commercial sectors.
Both teams work in partnership to provide a range of integrated governance and legal advice, and have a particular interest in clinical and corporate governance arrangements.
By Nigel Montgomery
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Organisations face ever-increasing expectations from Government, regulators, customers or service users, and other stakeholders, so scrutiny and demands for transparency drive accountability. In that context, and while organisations face economic…
By Nigel Montgomery
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By Niall Sexton
Our round up of the recent developments in pharmacy regulation include, a revised Code of Ethics which was introduced in early 2018 by The Pharmacy…
By Corinne Slingo
With 500 Freedom to Speak Up Guardians working across the NHS and independent sectors, DAC Beachcroft looks at whether they are perceived as as…
By Corinne Slingo
The CQC’s regulatory landscape for health providers looks set to change with a more frequent and targeted approach but fewer in-depth inspections…
By Helen Kingston
The law in relation to deprivation of liberty has developed rapidly…
By Corinne Slingo
DAC Beachcroft Partner Corinne Slingo examines how the Care Quality Commission will inspect and regulate integrated healthcare services.
By Paul McGough
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By Gill Weatherill
A recent Court of Protection case (AG) provides guidance on the use of covert medication for people who lack capacity and are deprived of their…