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Access to Justice under threat
September 4, 2015AvMA are gravely concerned about proposals to place caps on legal fees in clinical negligence cases, which would make access to justice impossible for many victims of serious clinical negligence.
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Welsh Government consults on Green Paper: Our Health, Our Health Service
July 7, 2015The Welsh Assembly Government has launched a consultation on its Green Paper: Our Health, Our Health Service. The Green Paper proposes at long last introducing a statutory Duty of Candour in Wales.
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Duty of Candour to be revised following legal challenge
July 2, 2015The Department of Health have agreed to consult on changing the Duty of Candour regulations following a legal challenge by AvMA…
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Proposals to cap legal costs in clinical negligence
June 29, 2015 | LatestDepartment of Health proposals to cap legal costs in clinical negligence would deny access to justice for many
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AvMA’s legal challenge over “two-tier” Duty of Candour
June 18, 2015Lawyers acting for AvMA have written to Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, demanding changes to the ‘Duty of Candour’ regulations, or face a potential judicial review. A deadline of Friday 19th June has been given for a response after which, if there is not a satisfactory response, AvMA intends to instruct lawyers to apply for a […]