ArticleJournal of patient safety and risk management2022
Taking action against medical accidents: A brief history of AvMA and clinical risk management in the NHS.
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- A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Statutory Duty of Candour in Victorian Health Services: Study Protocol.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
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Established in 1982, Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA)-originally named Action for Victims of Medical Accidents-was effectively the first charity in Britain dedicated to 'patient safety'. This article provides a historical analysis of the origins and work of AvMA, situating its background in the medical negligence 'crisis' of the 1970s and 1980s, growing consumerism in healthcare, and the significant barriers to justice patients confronted following a clinical incident. It also explores AvMA's impacts on evolving attitudes towards patient harm and safety in the NHS. The article asserts that in addition to supporting patients and campaigning for changes in legal procedures, AvMA played an instrumental role in raising the political profile of adverse health events ('medical accidents'). By supporting claimant solicitors and increasing their chances of legal success, AvMA contributed to the rising tide of negligence claims, which incentivised NHS trusts and health authorities to introduce clinical risk management (CRM). By 2000, CRM was being framed as part of a broader mission to improve quality and safety in healthcare, and AvMA was recognised as a key stakeholder in the new patient safety agenda.
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