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  • Complaints recommendations welcome but action needed now not words

    October 28, 2013

    We have welcomed the report on NHS Complaints by Ann Clwyd and Professor Tricia Hart, which was published today. However, the charity warns that many of the recommendations simply echo what has been recommended in the past and not been implemented.  Read full Press Release.

  • CQC starts to get real

    October 24, 2013

    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today published the first findings from what it calls its new “intelligent monitoring” approach.   Read full Press Release.

  • Government plans to limit duty of candour

    October 18, 2013

    It was revealed in the House of Lords this week that the Government plans to restrict the much heralded statutory Duty of Candour to only fatal cases of those that cause “severe harm” as defined by the NHS (essentially those resulting in permanent disability).  This would mean that the vast majority of cases which cause […]

  • NHS in Wales not doing enough to protect patients

    September 30, 2013

    A review of Welsh Health Boards’ compliance with Patient Safety Alerts has found that not a single health board has complied with all alerts which are already past the deadline. Read full Press Release Read AvMA’s Report published today

  • New legal director and new office for AVMA

    August 19, 2013

    AvMA is delighted to announce the appointment of Lisa O’Dwyer as the charity’s new Director of Medico-Legal Services.  Lisa is an experienced clinical negligence solicitor and had already made her mark at AvMA by developing its vitally important and successful inquest support service.  The change co-incides with AvMA’s move to new offices in Croydon.

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