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Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession, thereby causing injury or death to a patient. [1] The negligence might arise from errors in diagnosis, treatment, aftercare or health management.
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The NHS Litigation Authority was established in 1995 as a special health authority. [2] Its current duties are established under the National Health Service Act 2006. [3] It began using the name NHS Resolution in April 2017, reflecting a change of role to "the early settlement of cases, learning from what goes wrong and the prevention of errors" according to Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for ...
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is one of three major medical defence organisations (MDOs) in the United Kingdom, offering professional medical indemnity for clinical negligence claims and advice provided by medico-legal experts for its members. [2] [3] [4] It is a mutual not for profit organisation. [5]
These failures are attributed to a lack of attention to NHS IT infrastructure - computers, servers, and networks, and the supporting processes and staff which ensure usability, stability, and security. According to the British Medical Association 27% of NHS clinicians lose more than four hours a week because of inefficient IT systems. [24]
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The claimant was a woman of small stature and a diabetic under the care of a doctor during her pregnancy and labour. [2] The doctor did not inform her of the 9-10% risk of shoulder dystocia, where the baby's shoulders are unable to pass through the pelvis among diabetic women as she viewed the problem being very slight and believed a caesarean section was not in the claimant's interest.
The NHS Redress Act 2006 (c 44) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The title of the Act establishes tort based liability as the necessary condition for obtaining redress. The Act is concerned exclusively with "qualifying liability in tort" and affirms Parliament’s view that fault based liability should remain the basis of ...