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High Court delivers judgment in obstetric case relating to care provided in 1996: CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

High Court delivers judgment in obstetric case relating to care provided in 1996: CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

On 11 January 2023 Mr Justice Ritchie handed down judgment in the case of CNZ v Royal Bath Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The case relates to obstetr ...

The Final Ockenden Report

The Final Ockenden Report

The Final Ockenden Report is an Independent Review of the Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. It follows an initial r ...

NHS Resolution publishes 3 reports following thematic review of claims relating to care provided in Emergency Departments in England

NHS Resolution publishes 3 reports following thematic review of claims relating to care provided in Emergency Departments in England

NHS Resolution has published three important reports on claims arising out of care provided in Emergency Departments in England, with the aim of preve ...

World Patient Safety Day

World Patient Safety Day

This year the theme of the WHO’s World Patient Safety Day is dedicated to the need to prioritise and address safety in maternal and newborn care, part ...

Health and Social Care Committee publishes wide-ranging report on the safety of maternity services in England

Health and Social Care Committee publishes wide-ranging report on the safety of maternity services in England

The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, under the chairmanship of Jeremy Hunt MP, has been conducting an inquiry in relation to the saf ...

Getting It Right First Time (“GIRFT”) publishes clinical practice guide for improving the management of adult COVID-19 patients in secondary care

Getting It Right First Time (“GIRFT”) publishes clinical practice guide for improving the management of adult COVID-19 patients in secondary care

GIRFT aims to help to improve the quality of care provided by the NHS by reducing variations in the way that healthcare is provided across Trusts.  As ...

Court of Appeal provides valuable guidance on cauda equine syndrome claims

Court of Appeal provides valuable guidance on cauda equine syndrome claims

Hewes v (1) West Hertfordshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, (2) East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust & (3) Dr Tanna provides valuable guidanc ...

NHS Resolution relaunches Maternity Incentive Scheme Year 3

NHS Resolution relaunches Maternity Incentive Scheme Year 3

NHS Resolution launched its “Maternity Incentive Scheme” in 2018 to support the Department of Health’s Maternity Safety Strategy and to generally seek ...

Informed Consent: The Importance of Clear Documentation

Informed Consent: The Importance of Clear Documentation

The recent decision of the High Court in the case of Pepper v Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust highlights the importance of clear documentation ...

Is It Always Negligent To Get It “Wrong”?

Is It Always Negligent To Get It “Wrong”?

The recent decision of the High Court in the case of Brady v Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust confirms an important principle in clin ...