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  • Mid staffs inquiry: will mr hunt put patient safety before politics?

    February 1, 2013

    The report from the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry is due to be published on 6th February.  AvMA has written to the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, to ask him to put patient safety before politics and implement recommendations in full – even where they are contrary to existing policy.  AvMA […]

  • DoH Relegate duty of candour to standard clause in hospital contracts

    December 4, 2012

    The Department of Health today announced that it will press ahead with its version of a Duty of Candour with patients when things go wrong – a mere standard clause in NHS contracts which will not cover GPs and dentists. This is in spite of widespread calls for a statutory duty as part of the […]

  • Awards for patient safety & justice

    November 23, 2012

    AvMA was delighted to announce the winners of awards for special contribution to patient safety and justice at the charity’s 30thanniversary gala celebration on 23rd November, which was attended by over 400 people.  The award winners are:- Julie Bailey (Patient/Campaigner) Martin Bromiley (Patient/Campaigner) Will Powell (Patient/Campaigner) Dr Kim Holt (Health Professional) Sarah Harman (Solicitor Robin […]

  • Department of health mandate to nhs commissioning board needs improvement

    September 26, 2012

     AvMA’s_Response to the Department of Health Consultation on the proposed mandate for the NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB) stresses the need to give much more priority to patient safety and to engagement with patients. It also points out that the NHSCB’s responsibilities for investigating complaints about primary care practitioners and about Clinical Commissioning Groups need to be […]

  • Apologies bill (Scotland) could make things worse

    September 26, 2012

    AvMA’s response to Consultation on  the proposed Apologies (Scotland) Bill being proposed by Margaret Mitchell MSP says that although well intended, the Bill could actually make matters worse in the NHS without an accompanying Duty of Candour with patients when things go wrong in healthcare. AvMA argue that to introduce protection of apologies without a statutory […]

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