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NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle increases in legal costs for clinical negligence.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Nov 2025
Target answer date
17 Nov 2025
Answer
26 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle increases in legal costs for clinical negligence.

  2. 17 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The rising costs of clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service in England are of great concern to the Government. Costs have more than doubled in the last 10 years and are forecast to continue rising, putting further pressure on NHS fi...

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