By Lisa Cheyne, Medico-Legal Manager, SpecialistInfo
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By Lisa Cheyne, Medico-Legal Manager, SpecialistInfo
The Civil Justice Council has published a report on concurrent expert evidence and hot-tubbing, and its use in English litigation.
Transforming Our Justice System
The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals have published a joint statement, on their shared vision for the future of HM Courts & Tribunals Service MOJ Sep 2016
Underfunded, underdoctored, overstretched: The NHS in 2016
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has long argued that we need to rethink the way we deliver healthcare: breaking down barriers between hospitals and the community, and working in partnership with patients to deliver joined-up care. To achieve this, they suggest that we need a health service that is funded to meet the demands placed on it by our growing population.
This report is the first of a series in the Mission: Health campaign which will be focused on three major themes – working for health, delivering health, and creating health. Email: missionhealth@rcplondon.ac.uk
Mediation Awareness Week UK took place over 8th to 14th October 2016
Its aims were to promote, for the public benefit, the awareness of mediation across all aspects of dispute resolution in the UK and internationally.
The Patron of Mediation Awareness Week UK is Sir Alan Ward QC, Chairman of the Civil Mediation Council, former High Court judge and former Lord Justice of Appeal. Events included a Medical Mediation Symposium Medical Mediation attempts to resolve conflicts in the medical setting through the use of an impartial third party. This can involve health professionals and families who cannot agree on treatment options for family members, other conflicts between health professionals and patients/families such as communication breakdown and end of life care. Medical Mediation is also effective in helping to resolve complaints about medical care or negligence.
According to the Law Society Gazette, the MOJ will publish proposals for Whiplash reform before the end of 2016, despite rumours that the Lord Chancellor, Liz Truss, has dropped George Osborne’s planned reforms.
A new birth injuries compensation scheme has been announced by Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt
The new Rapid Resolution and Redress scheme, which is out for consultation, would investigate the 500 cases of avoidable harm to babies, during birth, which happen each year in England.
A press release, on 18 October by the Law Society, suggests that The Department of Health is now planning to fix costs for clinical negligence claims of up to £25,000
This is an amendment following last year's 'pre- consultation', which suggested fixed fees should be applied on claims up to the value of £250,000.
Clinical Risk journal have published a Special issue on Patient Consent after Montgomery, including articles on how the landmark Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board case in 2015 has impacted on consent in obstetrics, surgery, psychiatry and allied health professionals.
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