Litigation reform would save the NHS billions
Billions of pounds could be saved for the NHS if the system for compensating injured patients were reformed, the MDU says. The medical indemnifier says the spiralling costs of compensation to the NHS...
View ArticlePersonal injury law needs re-think as costs of clinical negligence claims...
The costs of clinical negligence claims in the NHS will rise to £1.4bn over the next year, says the NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA). Figures for the past year show that the NHS paid out more than...
View ArticleLegal reform cannot come soon enough to tackle spiralling clinical negligence...
Today’s figures (this year’s £1.1bn NHS clinical negligence pay out) only accentuate the need for a complete rethink of personal injury law. Multi million pound compensation awards are now common...
View ArticleLitigation quango to be reformed to cut the number of clinical negligence cases
Defence bodies have welcomed plans to overhaul the NHS Litigation Authority, aimed at reducing the number of clinical negligence cases. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that, from 1 April, the...
View ArticleCost of clinical negligence claims to the NHS continues to spiral upwards
The NHS paid out more than £1.08 billion in damages to claimants in 2016/17, a 14% increase on the previous year. The first annual report of NHS Resolution – the new operating name of the NHS...
View ArticleCost of clinical negligence grew to £1.6 billion in 2016–17 for NHS trusts
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee says action is required by the government to address impact of clinical negligence claims on NHS resources. Its report finds the annual cost of the clinical...
View ArticleGovernment urged to curb rising costs of clinical negligence claims against NHS
The rising costs of clinical negligence claims are crippling the NHS and the Government has to do more to tackle the issue. A coalition of organisations which represent the NHS and health professionals...
View ArticleSouthern Health NHS Trust fined £2m over deaths of two patients
An NHS trust that admitted failing two patients who died in its care, one in a bath, has been fined £2m. Connor Sparrowhawk, 18, drowned in Oxford in 2013. Teresa Colvin, 45, died in Hampshire in 2012....
View Article£1.63bn: “We cannot go on like this with the NHS spending more and more on...
The NHS paid more than £1.63 billion in damages to claimants in 2017/18, a significant increase on the previous year. Pay outs to claimants in 2016/17 were £1.08bn, according to the NHS Resolution...
View ArticleNHS needs to improve collaboration and feedback to avoid clinical errors
It was recently revealed that NHS England faces paying out £4.3bn in legal fees to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence, with the Department of Health claiming an “unsustainable rise” in...
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