NHS: Insurance
Lords · Question HL15782 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Smith of Finsbury
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 11 March (HL15210), what insurance arrangements they envisage for NHS-accredited hospitals providing services commissioned by public health authorities which were previou
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 25 Mar 2026
Where National Health Service accredited hospitals provide services commissioned by public health authorities which were previously part of the NHS but are now part of local government, any liability arising from clinical negligence is covered by the Clin...