£4500 recovered for client who was dispensed an incomplete prescription by his pharmacist
Kate Rushton, Solicitor in our Clinical Negligence Department, has recently settled a case for a client who attended his regular pharmacist to collect his weekly prescription but was only provided wit...
Read MoreNHS Resolution publishes review of first year of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice
A report has been released reviewing the first year of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) from 01 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. The CNSGP is ‘a state-backed clinical negligenc...
Read MoreGovernment find up to 10% of medicines are prescribed unnecessarily
The Department of Health & Social Care has published a report following the National Overprescribing Review by Dr Keith Ridge, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England. It estimates that at least ...
Read MoreNew NHS guidance encourages focus on learning from litigation claims
Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) and NHS Resolution have published ‘Learning from Litigation Claims: The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) and NHS Resolution best practice guide for clinicians an...
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