HSIB investigation finds management of twin preterm labour and birth hampered by lack of guidance
HSIB’s latest investigation report, Management of preterm labour and birth of twins, has highlighted the need for better national guidance to help maternity teams manage the care of mothers expecting twins during preterm labour and birth. Key facts and figures from HSIB’s report on premature labour and birth of twins Around 8 out of every […]
NHS Resolution reviews GP indemnity scheme’s first year £307m claims value estimated but £59,000 paid out
The NHS defence organisation, NHS Resolution, has reported on its first year of defending new claims by patients who have been harmed by negligent GP care. Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice: An overview of the first year of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) including a high level thematic analysis of the […]
Anti-infective medication errors injury claims from negligent prescribing, administering and monitoring
NHS Resolution has recently published a new ‘Did You Know?’ advice leaflet which warns NHS organisations and healthcare staff about the risks of anti-infective medication errors. The leaflet follows an analysis of medical negligence claims arising from mistakes in prescribing, dispensing and administering medicines to treat infections, which resulted in patients suffering avoidable injury or […]
NHS Resolution’s ‘alternative process’ for sodium valproate injury claims what parents need to know about risking their child’s claim without a solicitor
NHS Resolution’s latest move to offer an ‘alternative process’ for making a valproate injury claim suggests the NHS’s defence team are preparing for high numbers of claims from families of children with severe injuries from negligent treatment with sodium valproate. The DIY-style ‘alternative process’, which is accessed via a link on its website, invites families […]
HSIB – 731 maternity safety incidents referred for investigation in 2021/2022
Healthcare safety watchdog, HSIB, has reported on a year of maternity safety incident investigations. The report, HSIB maternity investigation programme year in review 2021/22, looks back at HSIB’s investigations into the deaths of mothers, and the brain injuries and deaths of unborn and newborn babies caused by failings in NHS maternity care from April 2021 to […]
NHS Resolution’s Annual Report 2021/22 annual ‘cost of harm’ from hospital negligence exceeds £13billion
The NHS’s defence organisation, NHS Resolution, has published its annual report and accounts for the year ending 31st March 2022. The report reflects on NHS Resolution’s efforts to ‘drive down litigation’ and reduce the cost of compensating patients who have been injured by negligent hospital and GP care, and its role in helping the NHS […]
Largest national study into hospital meningitis care finds failure to follow clinical guidelines
A new study into the care given to adult patients with meningitis in UK and Irish hospitals has found that care often fails to comply with clinical guidelines. The study looked back and analysed the care given to 1471 adults with suspected bacterial meningitis in 2017 across 64 hospitals in the UK and Ireland. The […]
Interview with Bobby Griffin Team GB Parabadminton European and World Medalist
Bobby was a motorcyclist involved in a road traffic accident and was left with an injury to his left lower limb.
RCM’s Re:Birth Project finds mothers want safe, positive births and clear, factual, non-judgmental language
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has published its report on the Re:Birth Project which asked women and birthing people, their families and maternity professionals about the type of language that should be used in conversations and clinical records during labour and birth. Whilst the project could not produce a standardised vocabulary which met everyone’s preferences, […]
NHS Resolution’s review finds multiple failings in the care of patients with diabetes and lower limb complications
NHS Resolution has published the results of its review of clinical negligence claims relating to diabetes and lower limb (foot and leg) complications. The NHS’s defence organisation and claims handler analysed 92 medical negligence claims arising mainly from lower limb amputations suffered by people with diabetes. The reviewed claims related to injuries which occurred after […]