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By John Hyde2021-02-02T18:57:00+00:00
Ministers are working on a total overhaul of the ‘outdated’ system of clinical negligence compensation within the NHS, it was revealed today.
Health minister Nadine Dorries told the health and social care committee that a review of the system was going ‘at pace’ and could involve all claims against the NHS.
The evidence session discussed ongoing safety concerns with maternity services in England following incidents at East Kent Hospitals University Trust and Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
Asked by committee chair and former health secretary Jeremy Hunt about the prospect of a no-fault compensation system, Dorries indicated that progress was ongoing about major changes to the current process.
The NMC has been rolling out a new approach to FtP since 2018 after a public consultation showed support for change.
Among the aims of the reform was to ensure concerns about registrants could be resolved earlier and for remediation to be encouraged, Ms Sutcliffe told the committee meeting today.
She said the regulator wanted to “move away from the adversarial process which causes harm for our registrants, but also has a real deep impact on those women and families going through the process”.
As part of this, she said the NMC was concentrating on “helping employers to focus on what they can do better at a local level” when concerns about staff came to the fore.
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Britain could vaccinate 24million people against coronavirus by Easter after the game-changing Oxford University/ AstraZeneca jab was approved this morning and its makers promised to deliver 2million doses a week.
In a massive boost to ending the pandemic within months, the UK medical regulator green-lit the vaccine, which is cheap, easy to transport to care homes and protects 70 per cent of people after just 21 days. Regulators are now recommending the jab is given in two doses three months apart, rather than over a four-week period, allowing millions more to be immunised over a shorter time period.
Britain has already ordered 100million doses and injections are due to start on Monday, but ministers now face the mammoth challenge of trying to vaccinate 2million people a week to curb the spread of a highly-infectious mutant strain racing across the country.
Boris Johnson voiced bitter regret at brutal new coronavirus restrictions at Downing Street press conference
Matt Hancock has unveiled review of Tiers with three quarters of England due in top curbs by the New Year
The Midlands, North East, parts of the North West and parts of the South West going to Tier 4 from midnight
Everyone else apart from 2,000 people on Isles of Scilly, which is remaining in Tier 1, will be under Tier 3 curbs
Mr Hancock tried to soften the blow by saying AstraZeneca vaccine approval will end the crisis by the Spring
UK has ordered 100 million doses - enough to vaccinate 50million people - with first jabs starting on Monday