Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee
Conclusion 1
Thirteenth Report - NHS litigation reform
Published 28 Apr 2022
Paragraph 81
Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
In 2005 the New Zealand Parliament made a conscious choice to alter the legislation underpinning their system of clinical negligence because they wanted to change from a punitive system to one that would encourage the co-operation of hospitals and medical professionals. This is the lesson we need to learn in England. If NHS Trusts, medical professionals, patients and their families are to engage in a thorough investigation into what is often a traumatic and tragic event, the whole investigation cannot be premised on a search for individual blame.
From: Health and Social Care Committee, Thirteenth Report - NHS litigation reform (HC 740), paragraph 81, 28 April 2022
Government response
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