Government will cap legal costs of clinical negligence claims – BMJ A group of government, NHS, and legal experts will work to introduce a cap on the amount that lawyers can recover in clinical negligence cases, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced. The proposed cap would apply to all…

Video case study: St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – NHS Improvements Dr Nigel Kennea, Associate Medical Director at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, describes the work his trust has done to embed better processes for learning from deaths. Oversight of NHS-controlled providers NHS England has published Oversight…

Pharmacological management of migraine The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network has published SIGN 155: Pharmacological management of migraine: a national clinical guideline.  This guideline provides recommendations based on current evidence for best practice in the acute and prophylactic management of adults with migraine using pharmacological therapies or devices. The focus is…

Suicide prevention: policy and strategy – House of Commons Library This briefing examines suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and local approaches to prevention policy in England, as well as Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It does so by considering the strategies of the UK Government, as…

Left to chance: the health and care nursing workforce supply in England – Royal College of Nursing (RCN) This report analyses UCAS data and finds that the number of applications for nursing degree courses has fallen by a third since 2016. It calls for a range of incentives to encourage people…