NHS: Negligence
Commons · Question 88535 · Tabled 5 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by John Milne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department have made of potential savings of the implementation of Fixed Recoverable Costs for clinical negligence claims valued up to (a) £25,000, (b) £100,000 and (c) £250,000.
Answer
Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 19 Nov 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 10 years and are forecast to continue rising, putting further pressure on NHS fi...