title: 'Fear of litigation is compromising care'.
abstract: Care homes are allocating far too much time to paperwork at the expense of face-to-face patient care because they are fearful of being blamed or sued if their records are not up to scratch, a social reform charity said.
mesh_terms: D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom