Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Cost of Clinical Negligence in Trusts inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 27 Sep 2017 Closed: 27 Sep 2017 1 report

Clinical negligence is the breach of a legal duty of care to a patient by members of the healthcare profession. Where this has taken place, a patient or their representative can claim damages and the NHS is liable for any claim against its employees. The cost to the NHS of clinical negligence claims was £1.6billion …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
5th Report - Managing the costs of clinical negligence in h… HC 397 1 Dec 2017 0

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
16 Oct 2017 Session View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
27 Oct 2017 Correspondence with Personal Injury Claims Arbitration Service Ltd.