News archive
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Haemochromatosis UK wins Patient Safety Learning award
October 1, 2018The inaugural Patient Safety Learning/AvMA award for “engaging patients and their families in safety improvement initiatives” has been won by Haemochromatosis UK
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Dr Bawa-Garba ruling
August 13, 2018AvMA is calling for all concerned with the controversy over Dr Bawa-Garba to reflect deeply on how this affair has been handled, and work together to create a truly just culture in the NHS
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Joint Parliamentary Committee tells Government to drop most controversial part of its ‘Safe Space’ proposals
August 2, 2018The Joint Committee report rejects in the strongest terms the Government’s proposal to allow NHS trusts to investigate themselves and each other under the so-called ‘safe space’ arrangements.
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Research on harm within healthcare
July 18, 2018Invitation to participate and contribute to research on ‘second harm’ within healthcare.
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AvMA statement in response to publication of NHS “Learning from Deaths” guidance for trusts and families
July 12, 2018AvMA welcomes the Learning from Deaths guidance but warns that guidance alone will not address the strategic and cultural issues in the NHS which allow far too many avoidable deaths to occur.