NHS: Negligence
Lords · Question HL6164 · Tabled 25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Wigley
To ask His Majesty's Government what they estimate will be the cost to the public purse of clinical negligence by 2030; and what steps they intend to take to reduce this cost.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 31 Mar 2025
As part of the written evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s inquiry into National Health Service litigation reform in 2022, following work with the Government Actuary's Department and NHS Resolution (NHSR), the Department advised that...