NHS: Compensation
(asked on 6th January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement the NHS Redress Act 2006.
This question was answered on 15th January 2021
The Department is working intensively with the Ministry of Justice, other Government departments and NHS Resolution to address the costs of clinical negligence claims. We will publish a consultation on the next steps in 2021.
The Department has no plans to implement the NHS Redress Act 2006 and has not made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Act in resolving clinical negligence claims.