Compliance
Delayed treatment report likely to spark negligence claims
Delay is in the news again. Delayed Brexit, delayed trains and add to that delayed NHS treatment. In this in-depth piece, Robert Dempsey, an associate keep reading
clinical negligence
Finance and funding
MDU reveals plan to save NHS from clinical negligence costs
The MDU has revealed a reform plan that it believes may save the NHS from crippling clinical negligence claims bills The Medical Defence Union (MDU) keep reading
Editors choice
Mediation is a win for all in clinical negligence
NHS Resolution has released its 2017/18 annual report and accounts. While the report observes that the organisation mediated more claims that year than before, it also keep reading
Features
Discount rate reform; five key messages for the government
Following debate in the House of Lords, MDDUS has highlighted five key messages for the government to address on discount rate reform MDDUS has highlighted keep reading
Legal
Health secretary orders review into medical negligence
Doctors have been promised clarity around gross negligence manslaughter, as part of an urgent review ordered by health secretary Jeremy Hunt The BMA reports that keep reading
Legal
Clinical negligence costs at tipping point claim MPS
If spend on clinical negligence by the NHS continues to increase at the same rate as it has over the last five years, it could keep reading