Question follow-through · 19961

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternatives to Fixed Recoverable Costs for lower-value clinical negligence claims.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
16 Dec 2024
Answer
19 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of alternatives to Fixed Recoverable Costs for lower-value clinical negligence claims.

  2. 16 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on a wide range of matters, including clinical negligence costs reform, and we will announce our position in due course.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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