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Recommendation 33

Thirteenth Report - NHS litigation reform Published 28 Apr 2022 Paragraph 197 Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care

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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We are concerned that the Government’s proposal to introduce Fixed Recoverable Costs in clinical negligence cases below £25,000 may compromise access to justice for the poorest claimants. The Government is right to try and rein in excessive legal costs, but until the administrative scheme we are recommending is introduced in full it must ensure that all injured patients retain access to adequate legal representation. In response to this report the Government should set out the safeguards it will introduce to ensure that fixed recoverable costs do not restrict access to legal representation for the poorest and most vulnerable injured patients.

From: Health and Social Care Committee, Thirteenth Report - NHS litigation reform (HC 740), paragraph 197, 28 April 2022

Government response

No government response linked yet: deadline 28 June 2022, 1587 days ago.