Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19961

NHS: Negligence

Tabled: 12 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024

Question

Sir Ashley Fox

ConservativeBridgwater

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternatives to Fixed Recoverable Costs for lower-value clinical negligence claims.

Answer

Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on a wide range of matters, including clinical negligence costs reform, and we will announce our position in due course.