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AvMA reaction to the Ockenden Report
March 31, 2022AvMA warmly welcomes the Ockenden Report of the Shrewsbury and Telford Maternity Scandal published on 30th March 2022 and pays tribute to the women and families whose bravery and tenacity have made this possible. However, like many others, AvMA is frustrated that the lessons from inquiries like this so often are lost after the initial […]
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Pentland Medical becomes latest AvMA “Partner for Patient Safety”
February 1, 2022AvMA is delighted to welcome Pentland Medical as our latest “Partner for Patient Safety”. Partners for Patient Safety is AvMA’s corporate membership scheme which enables companies and public bodies to align themselves with the cause of patient safety and support the vital charitable work that AvMA does. AvMA believes that everyone has a role to play […]
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Fixed recoverable costs proposals “illogical and potentially unfair”
January 31, 2022The Government had today (31 January 2022) opened a consultation into fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims in England and Wales. The consultation proposes a new scheme which the Government claims will “enable claimants and defendants to achieve faster resolution of ‘lower value’ clinical negligence claims (claims valued up to and including […]
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New chair and trustees of AvMA
December 11, 2021AvMA is delighted to announce that Jocelyn Cornwell has been elected as the new chair of AvMA’s trustee board. Jocelyn is perhaps is best known as the founder and past CEO of the Point of Care Foundation, but has a wide range of other healthcare and regulatory experience as well as relevant personal experience. Read […]
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Health and Social Care Committee inquiry: NHS litigation reform
November 18, 2021AvMA has submitted evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into NHS Litigation Reform. AvMA’s submission can be found here. AvMA’s chief executive is also due to give oral evidence before the committee on 11th January. The Committee is naturally very concerned about the large financial cost of clinical negligence to the NHS, […]