Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96919

NHS: Negligence

Tabled: 3 December 2025

Answered: 17 December 2025

Question

Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of legal costs associated with lower value clinical negligence claims.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

We welcome the report by the National Audit Office (NAO) entitled Costs of clinical negligence. As announced in the 10-Year Health Plan for England, David Lock KC is providing expert policy advice on the rising legal costs of clinical negligence and how w...

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