Healthcare and Law Digest

摘要

November 8 2006 saw the passage into law of the NHS Redress Act, following a fairly stormy coursenthrough Parliament. Many had advocated a greater degree of independence in the investigativenprocess than provided for in the Bill, but such a view arguably failed to understand the way in whichnclaims are usually handled, and also ignored the fact that introducing another organization into thensystem would undoubtedly have augmented both bureaucracy and costs, while possibly underminingnefforts to generate greater voluntary candour among professionals.