Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 5733
Medical Treatments: Negligence
Tabled: 12 September 2024
Answered: 8 October 2024
Question
Ayoub Khan
Independent — Birmingham Perry Barr
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a system of fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence claims.
Answer
The rising costs of clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service in England are of great concern to the Government. Costs have more than quadrupled in the last 17 years and are forecast to continue rising, putting further pressure on NHS...
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