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

by Mark Hughes

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In this blog John Tingle, Associate Professor at Birmingham Law School (University of Birmingham), discusses the concept of blame in relation to patient safety. He considers how this relates to the current NHS patient safety policy framework and clinical negligence litigation , outlining tensons between the two.

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The concept of blame in NHS patient safety (John Tingle, 7 November 2025) https://blog.bham.ac.uk/lawresearch/2025/11/the-concept-of-blame-in-nhs-patient-safety/
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