Masterclass in Understanding & Managing Clinical Negligence
Provided by Inspire MediLaw
About the course
Masterclass in Understanding & Managing Clinical Negligence - CDP 7 hours
This workshop will improve your understanding of clinical negligence and help you identify and manage medico-legal risk. It is an interactive day with a mix of teaching and case studies exploring the challenges and conflicts faced by other healthcare professionals.
The law relating to clinical and medico-legal management
- The problem
- The role of a medical expert/expert witness
- Civil litigation
- Tort of negligence
- Establishing the claimant was owed a duty of care by the defendant
- Breach of duty of care owed by the defendant
- Causation
- Damages
- Criminal negligence
- Risk Management and Documentation
- Summary
- Q&A
Understanding the claims process and managing it with confidence
Step by step guide to: -
- Managing an adverse outcome
- Principles of open disclosure after an adverse outcome
- Significant event meetings
- The start of the claims process
- What happens with claimant solicitors
- Managing the receipt of a letter of claim
- Quantum and Damages
- Next stage of process
- Issuing of court proceedings
- Conference with Counsel/Barrister (Claimant & Defendant)
- Condition and Prognosis reports
- Outcome of negotiation and next steps
- Meeting of experts
- Final stages
- Round table meeting (Claimant and Defendant)
- Q&A
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