Healthcare Litigation Standards

IHRD-96 Response Accepted

Recommendation

The Department should provide clear standards to govern the management of healthcare litigation by Trusts and the work of Trust employees and legal advisors in this connection should be audited.

Published Evidence Summary

The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:

Government response: Accepted. Last substantive update was January 2024. No recent public evidence of further progress.

Sources

Government response (2018-03-01): Accepted Source: https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/topics/ihrd-implementation-programme Text: Standards for healthcare litigation management under development. Progress update (2024-01-31): In Progress Implementation status based on Department of Health NI Implementation Programme updates. Source: https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/topics/ihrd-implementation-programme

How was this evidence gathered?

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Jurisdiction

Northern Ireland

Response

Accepted

Accepted Department of Health NI

01 Mar 2018

Standards for healthcare litigation management under development.

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Source

Inquiry Hyponatraemia Inquiry

Report Report of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths 31 Jan 2018

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Responsible Bodies

Department of Health NI Primary

Themes & Tags

Weak Government Accountability & Scrutiny Duty of Candour implementation Litigation Standards Audit

Recommendation age 8.3 yrs

Last formal update 851 days ago