Verita has built its reputation on the independence and quality of its work. It has become synonymous with meticulous investigations and reviews scaled precisely to the demands of situations that are always delicate and often serious.
Case studies
Patient safety and clinical risk
- Independent investigation into the care, treatment and management of Elizabeth Rourke
- Review following death of bowel surgery patient
- Joint investigation by the police, Health and Safety Executive and the NHS
- Review of orthopaedic services provided by an independent treatment centre
- Independent review of the clinical governance systems at a medical practice
Safeguarding patients and service users
- Baby P and other serious case reviews
- "Gold standard" domestic homicide review
- An independent investigation into a serious disturbance at a medium secure young people's unit
Mental health
- A new approach to mental health homicide reviews
- Independent investigation into the care and treatment of MO
- Independent reviews of mental health homicides: systematic assessment of 'legacy' cases
- Independent inquiries into the care and treatment of Peter Bryan
- The Michael Stone inquiry and the John Barrett inquiry
Corporate governance
- Developing a quality and patient safety strategy for a large mental health trust
- Criminal Record Bureau checks at a foundation trust
- Waiting list irregularities
- Deaths from Clostridium difficile infection at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Professional misconduct
- An independent review into the approach and behaviour of NHS South West in relation to the dismissal of John Watkinson by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Sexual abuse of patients with eating disorders