Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 109688

NHS: Negligence

Tabled: 29 January 2026
Answered: 5 February 2026

Question

Michelle Welsh

LabourSherwood Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the ruling over Paul versus Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has made on secondary victims of medical negligence.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has asked David Lock KC to look at the issue of secondary victims for maternity clinical negligence cases only. No decisions on policy have been taken at this point, and the Government ...

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