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Administrative Court Overturns NMC Strike-Off: Key Lessons for Regulators and Prosecutors
Jessica Etherington
25 February 2014
The Care.Data Programme: Who’s reading your medical records?
In clinical negligence cases we invariably need to obtain copies of our clients’ medical records. Presentation of a signed Form of Authority is a key part of the process, and so it should be. Confidentiality lies at the heart of the patient doctor relationship, and doctors must always be clear that the patient’s explicit agreement is obtained before their private and sensitive data is released to third parties who are not involved in their care. The care.data programme that is being rolled out by the NHS puts both the doctor and the patient in an invidious position.
7 February 2014
The Francis Report: One Year On
A year has passed since the publication by Robert Francis QC of his report of the Public Inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (commonly known as the Francis Report) and a new report out today attempts to evaluate the extent to which acute hospital trusts in England have sought to embrace and act upon the main themes and recommendations from that Inquiry.
31 January 2014
Great Ormond Street Hospital learns lessons from mistakes
It has been reported this week that the High Court has approved a multi-million pound settlement for a little girl who has suffered catastrophic brain injury as a result of glue being accidentally injected into her brain during treatment for a rare condition.
31 January 2014
Staff bullying: the impact on patient care
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the body responsible for inspecting England’s health and social care services. Inspectors usually arrive unannounced to observe care, talking to patients and staff, and gathering information from a wide range of sources to build a picture of how well the hospital is performing.
21 January 2014
Who will deliver us from this shortage of midwives?
On 2nd January 2014, as the New Year got underway, an experienced midwife (who has chosen to remain anonymous) wrote an open letter of resignation to the Independent setting out why, in her view, the NHS maternity services have become so stretched and undermined.