Patient Safety Law, Ethics and Practice in the NHS

Towards a Management Culture

John Tingle, Ditta Wickins-Drazilova, Steve Gulati, Marc Stauch, Angela Eggleton, Dita Wickins-Drazilova

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Law
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040629369
• Subtopic: Ethics in Medicine
• Index: Law

This comprehensive volume critically examines patient safety in the NHS, discussing both policy initiatives and practical issues with reference to management culture, the legal context and ethical concerns.

The book explores the multiple dimensions of healthcare ethics and safety, tracing the legal landscape's evolution around patient safety and examining clinical negligence processes and their consequences. Looking forward, it addresses the growing influence of artificial intelligence in healthcare delivery. The text engages with fundamental ethical considerations, including medical professional development and standards, while exploring specialised challenges in psychiatry and end-of-life care. The conclusion synthesises these diverse elements, contextualising UK practices globally and demonstrating how patient safety concerns can transform management culture and enhance risk management approaches in healthcare settings.

Timely and authoritative, this important book will interest students, researchers and professionals across medicine, law and health management.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• List of contributors
• 1 Patient safety law, ethics and practice in the NHS: Towards a management culture: An introduction
• 2 The long and winding road to NHS patient safety culture development
• 3 Ethical and legal aspects of consent and patient safety in the UK healthcare system
• 4 The professionalisation of healthcare safety investigations
• 5 Claimant perspectives on clinical negligence litigation
• 6 Vulnerable migrants’ access to primary health care: A patient safety issue
• 7 Is there a system of safety in the NHS?
• 8 Equality, diversity, inclusion and the impact on patient safety
• 9 Beyond the silos: Leadership, accountability and integrated safety in health and social care
• 10 Is healthcare leadership the key to patient safety?
• 11 Restorative just culture in healthcare: Evidence from second victim narratives
• 12 Informed consent and hope: Ethical intersections
• 13 Health justice partnerships and developing a national model in England
• 14 Healthcare decision-making for children with medical complexity: Combating breakdown of trust by building relationships
• 15 Open-source diabetes technologies: On clinician liability and patient safety
• 16 Avoiding harm in palliative care: An Aristotelian perspective
• 17 The role of law and policy in curating safety cultures within a complex healthcare system: Identifying the opportunity within the challenge
• 18 Patient safety, law, leadership, conclusion: Drawing chapter themes together
• Index of cases
• Index of statutes
• Index