Individual consultants may offer piecemeal elements of our service, but no other organisation offers Verita's complete range of consultancy, investigation, project management and training under one roof.
Verita's service offer
Investigations, reviews and inquiries
Verita undertakes and project manages investigations, reviews and inquiries in four main areas:
- patient safety and clinical risk
- safeguarding patients and service users
- mental health
- corporate governance and performance.
Corporate governance assessment and 'pre-audit' checks
In addition to our investigative work, we work with organisations to minimise the risk of something going wrong in the first place. We do this by reviewing governance arrangements and systems to safeguard service users, and pinpointing areas that need strengthening. We also act as a ‘critical friend' to help organisations prepare for inspection or investigation by bodies such as the Care Quality Commission, Ofsted or Commission for Social Care Inspection. Verita has published a detailed brief on corporate governance and how most untoward incidents can be traced back to poor systems.
Training
Verita provides a range of training courses on conducting investigations and reviews and how to best to learn from them. We also work in partnership with healthcare lawyers Capsticks to train NHS managers to comply with the latest guidelines on handling staff conduct, competence and ill-health issues. Click here for details.