Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 115703

NHS: Negligence

Tabled: 24 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Josh Fenton-Glynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of the high ratio of legal costs to damages in low value clinical negligence claims, as highlighted by the NAO, and what steps it is

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

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 doubled in the last ten years and are forecast to continue rising, putting further pressure on NHS f...

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