News archive
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Cautious welcome to maternity safety and compensation proposals
October 17, 2016AvMA has given a cautious welcome to proposals announced today by Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt for an alternative compensation scheme for maternity cases and improvements to patient safety
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Royal College of Nursing’s Dame Professor Donna Kinnair appointed patron of AvMA
September 29, 2016AvMA is delighted to announce that Dame Professor Donna Kinnair has been appointed as a patron of the charity. Donna is currently Director of Nursing, Policy and Practice at the Royal College of Nursing.
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Representing Families at Inquests
September 22, 2016The last few places are available for AvMA’s conference on representing families at inquests, in Manchester on 6 October.
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Liverpool Legal Curry Night
September 12, 2016Clinical negligence lawyers and barristers from across the Merseyside area are invited to book their place for the second Liverpool AvMA curry night on 21 September.
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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