Mediating Clinical Claims

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Mediating Clinical Claims is a timely and detailed look at the growing practice of mediating clinical negligence claims in England, written by one of the UKs most experienced mediators of clinical claims. The book is aimed at all those with an interest in understanding why and how mediation is such an effective process in resolving such claims claimants, healthcare professional and managers, lawyers, judges, policy-makers and mediators. It reviews research on what claimants and clinicians really want from healthcare complaints and claims. It offers help on how best to prepare for and conduct such mediations, giving numerous anonymised examples based on real mediations. This new title looks at: - How mediation of clinical claims has developed - How mediation differs from other processes - Practical guidance for all participants - The legal framework in which such mediation operates - The law and practice of clinical claims - Process design and the special problems of multi-party claims - Future developments. Mediating Clinical Claims provides mediators, claimants, healthcare professionals and their legal representatives with all the guidance they need to ensure that a successful and fair outcome is achieved for all those involved in such mediations.

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...any mediator, advocate, policy maker or insurer involved in clinical negligence claims should buy and read this book -- Stephen Walker * SCMA Newsletter, September 2018 *
Any text that assists parties to move from the archaic to the enlightened can only be welcomed, and this text will prove a useful addition in the toolbox of the clinical negligence specialist. * MLJI Medico Legal Journal Ireland *
Allen leaves no stone unturned in providing readers with a comprehensive toolkit for mediating cases in which so often, the stakes couldnt be higher. * Mediation Theory and Practice *

Author Bio

Tony Allen first mediated clinical claims in the UK in the 1990s, and has been consistently rated as a leading mediator in this field by Legal Directories. He has written and trained on this topic in the UK and internationally. He is a Senior Consultant to CEDR, after 30 years of solicitors practice followed by 12 years as a CEDR Director, and remains a Lead Member of CEDRs training faculty. He mediates complex cases for CEDRs Clinical Negligence Panel.