Be careful about what you wish for in NHS patient safety reform.

John Tingle and Amanda Cattini discuss some recent reports on potential changes to litigation procedures for patient harm cases and to the Never Events framework.

Martha's Rule and NHS patient safety.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, and Amanda Cattini reflect on the reasons for the introduction of Martha's Rule.

Asking the fundamental questions.

John Tingle and Amanda Cattini discuss some recent reports on patient safety and clinical negligence, considering the need for policy makers to look forward as well as to react to crises.

Patient safety unplugged: going back to basics.

John Tingle and Amanda Cattini discuss the issue of patient communication and argue that we should not forget about the basics of patient safety when developing policy and designing education and training.

The need to reflect, declutter, reappraise, reset and decolonise.

John Tingle and Amanda Cattini discuss some current 'buzzwords' that raise important issues in patient safety policy development and practice.