Legal matters

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1. The NHS’s lawyers must be incentivised to help improve patient safety (HSJ, 26 March 2026)

   • Legal issue
   • Investigation
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Legal issue
     • Investigation
     • Duty of Candour
     • Transparency
     • Patient / family involvement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 30 March

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   • 477 views
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   • 30 March

2. House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts: Costs of Clinical Negligence (30 January 2026)

   • Negligence claim
   • Legal issue
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Negligence claim
     • Legal issue
     • Patient harmed

   By Mark Hughes, 30 January

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   • 730 views
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   • 30 January

3. Samantha Jones's response to the questions into the costs of clinical negligence (raised at at the Public Accounts Committee hearing on 20th November 2025)

   • Legal issue
   • Negligence claim

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 6 January

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   • 205 views
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   • 6 January

4. The concept of blame in NHS patient safety (John Tingle, 7 November 2025)

   • Culture of fear
   • Negligence claim
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Culture of fear
     • Negligence claim
     • Legal issue

   By Mark Hughes, 13 November, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 355 views
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   • 13 November, 2025

5. “All or Nothing”. A report on the Hillsborough Law Family Listening Day (INQUEST, 8 April 2025)

   • Legal issue
   • Patient / family involvement
   • (and 7 more)

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     • Legal issue
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Investigation
     • Patient death
     • Duty of Candour
     • Transparency
     • Accountability
     • Organisational culture
     • Funding

   By Patient Safety Learning, 8 April, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 607 views
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   • 8 April, 2025

6. A new legal standard for medical malpractice in the USA (26 February 2025)

   • USA
   • Legal issue
   • (and 1 more)

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     • USA
     • Legal issue
     • Standards

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 27 February, 2025

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   • 1,039 views
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   • 27 February, 2025

7. AvMA: Only 2 in 5 see the Duty of Candour as being clear – why? (11 December 2024)

   • Duty of Candour
   • Legal issue

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 December, 2024

   • 0 comments
   • 460 views
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   • 17 December, 2024

8. New research reveals ‘trauma’ and ‘missed opportunity’ of inquests (The Justice Gap, 19 June 2024)

   • Legal issue
   • Coroner
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Legal issue
     • Coroner
     • Patient / family support

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 26 June, 2024

   • 0 comments
   • 540 views
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   • 26 June, 2024

9. NHS Resolution Podcast: Learning from emergency department claims (6 November 2023)

   • Legal issue
   • Negligence claim
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Legal issue
     • Negligence claim
     • Accident and Emergency

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 15 March, 2024

   • 0 comments
   • 544 views
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   • 15 March, 2024

10. The Hughes Report: the hidden trade-offs in no-fault compensation schemes

    • Legal issue
    • Regulatory issue
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      • Legal issue
      • Regulatory issue
      • Negligence claim
      • Redress
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 February, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 544 views
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    • 15 February, 2024

11. Supreme Court judgment provides clarity in secondary victim claims made in a clinical negligence context (11 January 2024)

    • Legal issue

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 6 February, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 751 views
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    • 6 February, 2024

12. Whistleblowing and gagging clauses: House of Commons research briefing (22 September 2023)

    • Whistleblowing
    • Safety culture
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Whistleblowing
      • Safety culture
      • Legal issue

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 8 January, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 550 views
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    • 8 January, 2024

13. Access to justice barriers for people harmed by mesh; the urgent need for redress (January 2023)

    • Legal issue
    • Womens health
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Legal issue
      • Womens health
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 18 December, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 775 views
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    • 18 December, 2023

14. Not everyone gets £1million (Sling The Mesh, November 2023)

    • Redress
    • Investigation
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Redress
      • Investigation
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 18 December, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 466 views
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    • 18 December, 2023

15. The Medical Protection Podcast

    • Doctor
    • Legal issue

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 7 November, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 734 views
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    • 7 November, 2023

16. Closing the gap: A guide to addressing racial discrimination in disciplinaries (NHS Providers, 26 October 2023)

    • Health inequalities
    • Legal issue
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Health inequalities
      • Legal issue
      • Race
      • Ethnicity
      • Discrimination
      • Staff factors
      • Leadership
      • Inclusivity

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 November, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 705 views
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    • 3 November, 2023

17. Primodos 2023: Fighting against the odds - A denied opportunity for justice (September 2023)

    • Medication
    • Patient harmed
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Medication
      • Patient harmed
      • Legal issue
      • Regulatory issue
      • Accountability
      • Pregnancy
      • Baby

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 September, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 15,346 views
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    • 26 September, 2023

18. The importance of keeping up to date with clinical guidelines and protocols (John Tingle, 9 March 2023)

    • Legal issue
    • Negligence claim
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Legal issue
      • Negligence claim
      • Policies / Protocols / Procedures
      • Clinical administration
      • Sepsis
      • Patient harmed

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 June, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 952 views
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    • 16 June, 2023

19. AvMA blog: What price justice? (Paul Whiteing, 8 June 2023)

    • Legal issue
    • Negligence claim
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Legal issue
      • Negligence claim
      • Patient / family support
      • Accessibility

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 June, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 659 views
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    • 13 June, 2023

20. Inquests relating to breast surgeon Ian Paterson – what happens next? (6 June 2023)

    • Legal issue
    • Surgery - General
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Legal issue
      • Surgery - General
      • Investigation

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 12 June, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 705 views
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    • 12 June, 2023

21. Asking the fundamental questions (John Tingle, 23 March 2023)

    • Negligence claim
    • Policies

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 June, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 765 views
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    • 6 June, 2023

22. Ridout Law: CQC prosecutions and fines are on the rise (15 May 2023)

    • Legal issue
    • Regulatory issue
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Legal issue
      • Regulatory issue
      • Organisation / service factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 26 May, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 618 views
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    • 26 May, 2023

23. Section 117 Aftercare: Is your organisation aware of the recent changes to determining health responsibility? (Bevan Brittan, 16 May 2023)

    • Legal issue
    • Healthcare
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Legal issue
      • Healthcare
      • Patient
      • GP

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 May, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 731 views
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    • 21 May, 2023

24. Association of emotional intelligence with malpractice claims (30 January 2019)

    • Legal issue
    • Communication
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Legal issue
      • Communication
      • Patient
      • Doctor
      • Patient harmed
      • Redress

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 May, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 637 views
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    • 13 May, 2023

25. Primodos 2023: The fight for justice continues for the Association for Children Damaged by Hormone Pregnancy Tests (Sharon Hartles, 5 April 2023)

    • Patient harmed
    • Legal issue
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient harmed
      • Legal issue
      • Medication
      • Accountability
      • Regulatory issue
      • UK

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 6 April, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 14,782 views
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    • 6 April, 2023