Verita

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

• Joint investigation by the police, Health and Safety Executive and the NHS
• Review of orthopaedic services provided by an independent treatment centre
• Independent investigation into the care, treatment and management of Elizabeth Rourke

 

Safeguarding patients and service users

• Baby P and other serious case reviews
• Sexual abuse of children with learning difficulties at a local authority residential school
• "Gold standard" domestic homicide review

 

Mental health

• Independent reviews of mental health homicides: systematic assessment of 'legacy' cases
• The Michael Stone inquiry and the John Barrett inquiry
• Sexual abuse of patients with eating disorders
• Independent investigation into the care and treatment of AP

 

Corporate governance and performance

• Deaths from Clostridium difficile infection at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
• Criminal Record Bureau checks at a foundation trust
• Waiting list irregularities
  
• Improving psychological support for people with cancer