NHS: Negligence
Commons · Question 75960 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made in addressing increasing clinical negligence costs.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 15 Sep 2025
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...