World Patient Safety Day 2023 By Sean Doherty, , Heather Durston-Hillyer The WHO World Patient Safety Day 2023 took place on 17 September 2023…
NHS Resolution publish the second report on the Early Notification Scheme By Sean Doherty, Heather Durston-Hillyer, David Roberts The Early Notification (EN) scheme started in April 2017 and changed the landscape for the…
Farewell ‘serious incidents’, hello PSIRF: a new era dawns for patient safety By Sean Doherty, Gill Weatherill, Stuart Wallace Providers of NHS-funded care have almost 12 months from now to radically change the way they…
NHS Resolution publish thematic review of the first year of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) By Sean Doherty, Stuart Keyden On 23 August 2022 NHS Resolution published its report reviewing the first year of the Clinical…
The Final Ockenden Report By Ciaran Claffey, Sean Doherty The Final Ockenden Report is an Independent Review of the Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and…
NHS Resolution publishes 3 reports following thematic review of claims relating to care provided in Emergency Departments in England By Sean Doherty, Ciaran Claffey, Heather Durston-Hillyer, NHS Resolution has published three important reports on claims arising out of care provided in…
Medical device reform - balancing responsible innovation and patient safety By Alison McAdams, Hamza Drabu, Sean Doherty Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, the UK’s medical devices regulator, the…
World Patient Safety Day By Ciaran Claffey, Sean Doherty This year the theme of the WHO’s World Patient Safety Day is dedicated to the need to prioritise…
Safety concerns about your Philips Ventilator, CPAP and BiPAP devices? - What you need to know By Sean Doherty, Alison McAdams On 23 June 2021 Philips issued two Field Safety Notices (FSNs), warning of the potential for…
Learning from Litigation Claims By Sean Doherty A new guide, “Learning from Litigation Claims: The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) and NHS…
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, James Oelschlaegel 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…
