Question follow-through · 81693
General Practitioners: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of adding (a) 1,000, (b) 1,500 and (c) 2,000 additional GPs to the professional indemnity insurance cover provided by Government.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of adding (a) 1,000, (b) 1,500 and (c) 2,000 additional GPs to the professional indemnity insurance cover provided by Government.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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23 Oct 2025
Answer published
The state indemnity scheme, Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice, which is administered by NHS Resolution, already covers all clinical negligence liabilities arising in general practice under National Health Service contracts. More information ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital: Veterans
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