'Jaw-dropping' £58.2bn set aside to cover medical negligence

'Jaw-dropping' £58.2bn set aside to cover medical negligence

The Government has been given six months to come up with a plan to protect patients and get a grip on the cash paid to lawyers

MPs condemn ‘astronomical’ fees paid to medical negligence lawyers

Members of the Public Accounts Committee have examined the Department of Health and Social Care’s 2023/24 accounts.Medical negligence lawyers received ...

NHS England paying out nearly FIVE TIMES as much for medical negligence as NHS Scotland because of this

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this. In the Guardian today: The NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence have hit an “astounding” £58.2bn amid ministers’ failure to improve patient safety, an influential group of MPs have warned. The PAC urged ministers to take urgent steps to reduce “tragic incidences of patient harm” and to also end a situation where lawyers take an “astronomical” 19% of the compensation…