Hill Dickinson is pleased to support the implementation of new guidance Learning from Litigation Claims, produced by Getting It Right First Time programme (GIRFT) and NHS Resolution, to help NHS trusts improve patient safety.  

The world of mental health apps is a growing market, and one that has seen a significant surge in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the consequent lockdowns and social isolation taking their toll, more and more people are thinking of using apps to help maintain positive mental health. At the same time, there is an increasing focus on mental health programmes at ‘place level’, delivered by community healthcare providers and local authorities.

A list of the UK’s top 200 law firms published in The Times this month, 5 November 2020, commends full service law firm Hill Dickinson in three separate categories: Commercial Property, Company and Commercial, and Clinical Negligence. 

Commercial law firm Hill Dickinson’s Manchester Corporate team has advised a market-leading provider of expert witness and rehabilitation services on its acquisition by handl Group.

Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has achieved rankings in an outstanding 21 practice areas in the Chambers and Partners UK 2021 legal directory, published on Thursday 22 October.

Leading commercial law firm Hill Dickinson has advised the shareholders of Nestor Financial Group on the sale of Nestor Financial Group Limited to Chase de Vere.

Over the years, there has been a gradual rise in the role of the pharmacist in patient care in both the hospital and community setting and more recently in the primary care setting.

This appeal decision is interesting as it relates to the thorny issue of secondary victim claims and what constitutes the shocking ‘event’ that is witnessed by the secondary victim. Like all secondary victim claims, the circumstances of the claim are very sad but in order to understand the decision, it is necessary to understand the factual circumstances resulting in the claim.

In July 2020, the Department of Health and Social Care developed guidance that sets out the process for investigating the deaths of health and social care workers from COVID-19. View the full guidance.

This is our second FAQ article aiming to address COVID-19 issues specific to our NHS clients. The FAQs are set out in the article below, but we have also recorded a podcast, in which we discuss some of the issues in more detail:

This article by David Locke, a partner in our health litigation team, was published in the New Law Journal on 14 May 2020 in advance of Mental Health Awareness Week. David is a regular contributor to NLJ and his article is reproduced here with kind permission.