https://www.pslhub.org/learn/investigations-risk-management-and-legal-issues/risk-management-and-legal-issues/legal-matters/page/4/?d=1Learn: Learnenhttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/investigations-risk-management-and-legal-issues/risk-management-and-legal-issues/legal-matters/citizens-advice-clinical-negligence-in-the-nhs-taking-legal-action-r724/ The advice covers:

• taking legal action for clinical negligence
• the NHS Litigation Authority
• compensation schemes
• what is clinical negligence?
• compensation
• time limits
• going to a solicitor
• paying for a legal claim
• 0rganisations that can help with legal action.

]]>724Sun, 08 Sep 2019 09:49:00 +0000https://www.pslhub.org/learn/investigations-risk-management-and-legal-issues/risk-management-and-legal-issues/legal-matters/safety-of-candour-how-protected-are-apologies-in-open-disclosure-r160/ Key messages

• Apology statements in open disclosure could amount to an admission of fault and liability, be used in court as evidence, and affect professional indemnity coverage.
• Apology statutes aim to encourage apologies by protecting those who make them in this regard, but the degree of protection varies between countries.
• In Great Britain, protection does not seem sufficiently clear or comprehensive, offering doctors little assurance as to the legal consequences of the apologies which are now mandated by statutory duties of candour.
• The law should be clarified to facilitate open disclosure for the benefit of patients, their carers, and healthcare professionals.

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