Taking a reading on NHS patient safety: views from the ombudsman.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several reports where the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman addresses some critical NHS patient safety issues.

A palpable sense of frustration with NHS patient safety culture development.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses two recent reports on NHS patient safety.

How current law and policy supports providers of NHS healthcare in England to respond to patient harm: A scoping review protocol.

INTRODUCTION: Harm arising from National Health Service (NHS) healthcare results in significant human cost for the patient, those who care for them, and the medical staff involved. Furthermore, patient harm results in substantial financial costs to the public purse. Improving how NHS providers in England respond to patient harm could reduce the number of claims for clinical negligence brought against NHS. Doing so will ensure those affected receive the justice they deserve and protect the public purse. Law and policy are key to supporting providers of NHS healthcare to respond to patient harm but are not necessarily understood and therefore can be challenging to apply to practice. Research exploring how law and policy supports this understanding is limited. The purpose of this scoping review is to address this knowledge gap and improve understanding by critically evaluating how law and policy supports providers of NHS healthcare in England to respond to patient harm. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The review will use the methodological framework proposed by Arskey and O'Malley, Levac et al and the Joanna Briggs Institute. Search strategies will be developed using selected key words and index terms. MEDLINE, CINAHL, and Westlaw and reference lists of relevant publications will be searched to identify relevant grey literature. Two reviewers will independently assess the extracted data against the eligibility criteria. All studies identified will be charted and the results presented as a narrative synthesis.

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.

Clinical negligence: should the NHS consider a no-fault system?

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, considers recent discussions and recommendations to review the current compensation scheme.

Patient engagement, patient empowerment and patient safety.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several recent reports on the role of patients in patient safety policy.

Back to patient safety basics: improving communication with patients.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses the persistent problem of poor communication in health care, highlighted in recent reports.

Patient safety: why does the NHS always seem to get a bad press?

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, considers different viewpoints on patient safety issues.

Developing perspectives in NHS patient safety.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses some recent patient safety and health quality reports.

The importance of NHS patient safety lesson learning.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses the importance of learning from previous patient safety adverse events and the introduction of Martha's Rule.

Patient empowerment: the need to go beyond buzzwords.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses the potential pitfalls of buzzwords in the NHS and looks at several reports around patient empowerment.

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.

Patient safety in the NHS: now is the time for optimism.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, considers the need for optimism about NHS patient safety.

Determining what good looks like in patient safety.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several recently published patient safety reports.

Considering NHS patient safety culture in context.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses individual responsibility and accountability in NHS patient safety culture as the NHS turns 75.

Patient redress in clinical negligence cases: an uneven playing field.

Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several reports relating to patient compensation for clinical negligence.

The cyclical nature of patient safety.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses some recent patient safety reports.