Getting It Right First Time (“GIRFT”) publishes clinical practice guide for improving the management of adult COVID-19 patients in secondary care By Heather Durston-Hillyer, Sean Doherty, Ciaran Claffey, GIRFT aims to help to improve the quality of care provided by the NHS by reducing variations in the…
National Day Surgery Delivery Pack: the highlights By Sean Doherty, Stuart Wallace, A best practice guide has been developed and published by the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)…
NHS Resolution relaunches Maternity Incentive Scheme Year 3 By Sean Doherty, Heather Durston-Hillyer, Ciaran Claffey NHS Resolution launched its “Maternity Incentive Scheme” in 2018 to support the Department of…
World Patient Safety Day – Safe Health Workers, Safe Patients By Heather Durston-Hillyer, Sean Doherty, , The second ever World Patient Safety Day takes place today, 17 September 2020, with a focus on…
Making a Difference: The Early Notification Scheme Progress Report By Mark Ashley, Heather Durston-Hillyer, Sean Doherty Don’t miss NHS Resolution’s latest report: The Early Notification Scheme progress report:…
Patient Safety is everyone’s responsibility: The New Patient Safety Strategy By Sean Doherty, Heather Durston-Hillyer, , On 1 April 2019, NHS Improvement and NHS England united as one…
Calling all hip and knee surgeons - New Professional Guidance for arthroplasty documentation to evidence safe clinical practice By Sean Doherty The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme is designed to improve healthcare practice,…
'What does a good Spinal Service look like?' Find out with the latest GIRFT Report By Heather Durston-Hillyer, Sean Doherty The GIRFT programme led by Professor Tim Briggs is designed to improve healthcare practices,…
Success for Defendant Trust in Strike Out application for secondary victim claim : Doosey v Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust [2017] By , Sean Doherty, DAC Beachcroft were involved in this successful strike out application in which the Court confirmed…
Safe Use of Portable Oxygen Systems – HSIB Investigates By Robyn Reed, Sean Doherty Portable oxygen systems are used extensively throughout the NHS…
Vascular Surgery GIRFT Programme National Speciality Report – what you need to know By Sean Doherty, Chris Waite Summary The GIRFT programme led by Professor Tim Briggs is designed to improve healthcare…
Fair-handed approach? Latest on challenging Health Service Ombudsman decisions By Sean Doherty, Robyn Reed, Sarah Woods Summary The Parliamentary & Health Service Ombudsman investigates around 4,000 complaints a…
To recuse or not to recuse: A brief overview of alleged judicial bias By Sean Doherty In considering the well established principles outlined in Porter v Magill [2002], the Court of…