NHS: Negligence

(asked on 17th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the terms of the agreement with the Medical Protection Society covering NHS clinical negligence claims made against their GP members in respect of liabilities arising before 1 April 2019.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 31st March 2020

The agreement with the Medical Protection Society (MPS) is such that the MPS will contribute a certain amount of assets for the relevant liabilities. The price paid was agreed via commercial negotiations. Through negotiations, the Department has been guided by the need to act fairly and prudently when managing the public purse.

The Department currently has no plans to publish the terms of the agreement with the Medical Protection Society covering National Health Service clinical negligence claims made against their general practitioner members in respect of liabilities arising before 1 April 2019, which is subject to confidentiality provisions.

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