Abstract
This article explores what role lawyers can play in contributing to learning from those incidents that result in a litigation claim. Specifically the authors consider what role the NHSLA has played and should be playing in improving patient safety.
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1.The NHS Act 1948, brought before parliament in 1946, was created as part of a social welfare policy under Clement Atlee's Labour government .
2.Between 1946 and its introduction in 1948, the British Medical Association mounted a vigorous campaign against this proposed legislation. In one survey of doctors carried out in 1948, the BMA claimed that only 4,734 doctors out of the 45,148 polled, were in favour of a National Health Service .
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