NHS: Negligence

(asked on 9th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bethell on 3 March (HL Deb, col 503), whether the proposed review of the arrangements for clinical negligence payments will account for (1) payment of NHS lawyers' fees by contingent arrangement, (2) repeal of section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, and (3) fixed or capped costs for NHS defence lawyers.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 23rd March 2020

The Department is working with the Ministry of Justice, other Government departments and NHS Resolution, looking at a wide range of options to address the drivers of cost of clinical negligence claims. We will update Parliament in due course.

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