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Content ArticleThis note provides guidance to those who may be approached to give a statement or evidence in court as a witness in a non-clinical claim case.
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Content ArticleThis note provides guidance to those who may be approached to give evidence as a witness if you were involved in providing care and treatment to a claimant on behalf of a Trust.
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NHS Resolution: Giving evidence in court (September 2018)
Claire Cox posted an article in NHS Resolution
This note focuses on how you can prepare for giving evidence in court, the phases of giving evidence and top tips for presenting yourself professionally and credibly.- Posted
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What is the General Medical Council (GMC)?
Claire Cox posted an article in General Medical Council (GMC)
The General Medical Council (GMC) work to protect patient safety and support medical education and practice across the UK. They do this by working with doctors, employers, educators, patients and other key stakeholders in the UK's healthcare systems.- Posted
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What is the Care Quality Commission (CQC)?
Claire Cox posted an article in Care Quality Commission (CQC)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) are the independent regulator of health and adult social care in England. The CQC make sure health and social care services provide people with safe, effective, compassionate, high-quality care and encourage care services to improve.- Posted
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Content ArticleAs the professional regulator of nurses and midwives in the UK, and nursing associates in England, the Nursing and Midwifery Council work to ensure these professionals have the knowledge and skills to deliver consistent, quality care that keeps people safe.
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Bottle of Lies by Katherine Eban
Patient Safety Learning posted an article in Recommended books and literature
The troubles of Indian pharma companies abroad raise questions about the domestic drug regulator. Although Bottle of Lies, a book about the quality problems plaguing generic drugs, focuses on medicines intended for American consumers, the real and continuing victims of the failings described in the book are consumers in developing countries, including Indians. In May 2013, soon after the erstwhile Ranbaxy Laboratories admitted in an American court to selling adulterated drugs, journalist Katherine Eban published a gripping 10,000-word account of the saga in Fortune magazine. But the story left Eban wondering if Ranbaxy was an isolated case. Could there be more rotten eggs, she asked, given the United States Food & Drugs Administration’s (FDA) lax policing of overseas manufacturers? Bottle of Lies is the result of the multi-year investigation that followed.- Posted
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Content ArticleThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK. MHRA is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care. Recognised globally as an authority in its field, the agency plays a leading role in protecting and improving public health and supports innovation through scientific research and development. The agency has 3 centres: Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), a data research service that aims to improve public health by using anonymised NHS clinical data the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC), a global leader in the standardisation and control of biological medicines the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the UK’s regulator of medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion, responsible for ensuring their safety, quality and effectiveness.
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Standards for the Dental Team (September 2013)
Claire Cox posted an article in General Dental Council (GDC)
Standards for the Dental Team sets out the standards of conduct, performance and ethics that govern you as a dental professional.- Posted
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Content ArticleEngaging with general practices during inspections gives valuable insight into their experiences. Feedback shows that although inspection reports highlight the areas of concern and risk that need to improve, practices want to know more about how to actually improve from a rating of 'requires improvement' or 'inadequate'. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) selected 10 practices throughout the country that had each made significant improvements from their initial inspection to their most recent, and whose overall rating had improved. These 10 case studies highlight some clear actions that other practices can use to help them learn and improve.
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Content ArticleThe creation of a national network of medical examiners (MEs) was recommended in the Shipman inquiry and was alluded to in the Mid-Staffordshire and Morecambe Bay public inquiries. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, Lord O’Shaughnessy, confirmed in October 2017 that a national system of medical examiners will be introduced from April 2019. The ME reforms set out in the 2009 Coroners Act will be implemented nationally in two phases. By April 2019, NHS trusts should set up non-statutory schemes, based upon the national pilots (particularly in Leicester, Sheffield and Gloucester), funded in part from cremation form fees, in preparation for the commencement of a statutory scheme in 2020/21. A National Medical Examiner will be appointed, reporting directly to the National Director of Patient Safety.
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Bawa-Garba - Implications and the BMA's response (April 2018)
Claire Cox posted an article in Systems
This is the British Medical Association's (BMA) response to the Bawa-Garba case. Dr Bawa-Garba was taken to the High Court, where a ruling on the 4th November 2015 deemed her guilty of manslaughter of six year old Jack Adcock on the grounds of gross negligence.- Posted
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Content ArticleThis research project from Oikonomou et al. sought to map out the regulatory landscape for patient safety in the English NHS. Results were published in BMJ Open.
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Content ArticleInformation on when software applications are considered to be a medical device and how they are regulated written by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
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Standards for pharmacy professionals - General Pharmaceutical Council
Claire Cox posted an article in Others
The General Pharmaceutical Council regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and registered pharmacies in Great Britain.- Posted
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Content ArticleThe Nursing and Midwifery Council exists to protect the public. They do this by making sure that only those who meet the requirements are allowed to practise as a nurse or midwife in the UK, or a nursing associate in England. They take action if concerns are raised about whether a nurse, midwife or nursing associate is fit to practise.
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Content ArticleThe intention of this regulation, by the Care Quality Commission, is to prevent people from receiving unsafe care and treatment and prevent avoidable harm or risk of harm. Providers must assess the risks to people's health and safety during any care or treatment and make sure that staff have the qualifications, competence, skills and experience to keep people safe. The regulation does not apply to the person's accommodation if this is not provided as part of their care and treatment.
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Content ArticleThe government's response to the ‘Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation’ consultation. The consultation set out proposals to make professional regulation faster, simpler and more responsive to the needs of patients, professionals, the public and employers.
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Content ArticleThe review makes recommendations to support a more just and learning culture in the healthcare system. This rapid policy review into gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare was chaired by Professor Sir Norman Williams. The review was set up to look at the wider patient safety impact of concerns among healthcare professionals that simple errors could result in prosecution for gross negligence manslaughter, even if they happen in the context of broader organisation and system failings.
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Content ArticleThe NHS England National Quality Board (NQB) has published a new framework that will promote improved quality criteria across all national health organisations for the first time. This publication provides a nationally agreed definition of quality and guide for clinical and managerial leaders wanting to improve quality. The approach has been agreed across NHS and social care organisations to provide more consistency and to enable the system to work together more effectively.
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Content ArticleThis short guide, by the General Medical Council, provides patients with an overview of what they should be able to expect from the doctors providing their care. It is important that patients have clear expectations about the responsibilities and duties of doctors, particularly with regard to patient safety. This web-based resource offers a short, simply written and easily accessible overview that patients can be provided with, outlining the role of doctors in ensuring patient safety. This includes highlighting the importance of patients speaking up if they they safety is being compromised, the responsibility of doctors to report safety incidents, and the role of annual appraisals and peer review in monitoring safety.
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Content ArticleThis regulation has been put in place by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in 2014. The intention of this regulation is to ensure that providers are open and transparent with people who use services and other 'relevant persons' (people acting lawfully on their behalf) in general in relation to care and treatment. It also sets out some specific requirements that providers must follow when things go wrong with care and treatment, including informing people about the incident, providing reasonable support, providing truthful information and an apology when things go wrong.
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