10 October 2017

NAO clinical negligence report: A one-sided picture

Qamar Anwar argues that the National Audit Office’s report on clinical negligence costs has little credibility The recent publication of...

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6 October 2017

Radical reform needed to stop soaring clinical negligence legal costs, says new report

A new report published by the Centre for Policy Studies has concluded that radical reform is needed to stem the...

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11 September 2017

NAO: Government needs to take a “stronger and more integrated” approach to reduce rising clinical negligence costs

The National Audit Office (NAO) has said that the Government needs to take a “stronger and more integrated” approach if...

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8 September 2017

Make mental health support a feature of more insurance policies to reduce claims, says support service RedArc

Insurers should be looking at ways in which they can build mental health support services into more of their income...

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21 August 2017

NHS needs honest and open appraisal of childbirth-related claims

The NHS needs to improve on learning from its mistakes through an honest and open appraisal, if it is to stem...

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16 August 2017

Only 15% of claims against our doctors succeed, says MDU

The MDU has revealed that it successfully defended 85% of medical claims that closed last year. The medical defence organisation...

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17 July 2017

NHS Resolution: number of clinical negligence claims falls again, but legal costs and damages continue to rise

Clinical negligence claims made against the NHS have fallen in number for the third year in a row but legal...

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10 July 2017

MDU putting more pressure on NHS by no longer insuring spinal surgeries, says Fletchers Solicitors

The MDU’s announcement that it will no longer cover spinal procedures in private hospitals could have catastrophic consequences for the...

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