The chasm between theory and practice in NHS complaint handling.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several reports on NHS complaint handling.

Improving patient safety by learning from the experiences of others.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses ways of approaching the myriad of patient safety reports that are published and looks at some useful publications.

Failures in NHS lesson learning.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses patient safety in the light of the recently published Ockenden report.

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.

Patient rights and the cost of health litigation: you don't 'win' compensation.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, considers two sides of the litigation reform debate, and reflects on perceptions of compensation awards.

The clinical negligence system reform debate is heating up.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses some recent developments on moves to reform our tort-based clinical negligence compensation system.

Clinical negligence and the blame, name, shame game.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses some recent reports on reform of the clinical negligence compensation system.

Should we reform the clinical negligence system in 2022?

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, looks forward to government deliberations and a report in 2022 on the reform of the clinical negligence compensation system.

Don't blame all patient safety errors on COVID-19.

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

Patient safety and the law: looking back and looking forward.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, picks out some of the highs and lows of patient safety reports in the NHS in England over the past year.

Balancing the books or balancing the scales: what should drive reforms?

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, considers the two opposing viewpoints on the need for change in the clinical negligence litigation system.

Keeping afloat in a sea of patient safety information: reform and patient views.

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

The alarming gap between theory and practice in NHS patient safety.

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

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.

Moving beyond the rhetoric to a sustainable NHS patient safety culture.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses World Patient Safety Day and some recent patient safety reports.

Compensating for clinical negligence: the need to go back to basics.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several reports looking at how our clinical negligence compensation system operates, and possible reform of this.

Considering claims against the NHS.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses the NHS Resolution annual report and accounts for 2020/21 and recent advice from the Medical Defence Union.

The computer says no: AI, health law, ethics and patient safety.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses some recent reports on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in the context of law, ethics and patient safety.

The never-ending story of Never Events in the NHS.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several recent publications on Never Events in the NHS.

Giving essential content to the National Patient Safety Syllabus and curricula.

John Tingle, Lecturer in Law, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses several publications from NHS Resolution that should provide essential educational content for enhanced training on patient safety.