News archive
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Study to develop methods for assessing avoidable severe harm due to problems in hospital care
August 19, 2016London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is seeking volunteers to take part in a study to develop better ways of identifying patients who may have been harmed by healthcare, rather than their own illness
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Care Quality Commission told it “must improve” on duty of candour
August 5, 2016Action against Medical Accidents today publishes its report on how the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been regulating the statutory duty of candour
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CQC review of how NHS trusts investigate and learn from deaths
August 4, 2016The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is looking at how NHS acute, community healthcare and mental health trusts investigate deaths and learn from their investigations.
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AvMA launches proposals to ensure patient safety addressed in litigated cases
July 21, 2016AvMA has presented draft proposals to ministers designed to ensure that there is always a review of litigated cases and a ‘patient safety letter’ provided to the claimant
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CQC endorses AvMA’s new information leaflet on the duty of candour
July 4, 2016AvMA’s latest information leaflet has been endorsed by the CQC. The leaflet clearly explains the legal duty of candour in England, introduced following a campaign by AvMA and leading patient safety advocates including Will Powell.