Question follow-through · 109688
NHS: Negligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the ruling over Paul versus Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has made on secondary victims of medical negligence.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the ruling over Paul versus Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has made on secondary victims of medical negligence.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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5 Feb 2026
Answer published
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has asked David Lock KC to look at the issue of secondary victims for maternity clinical negligence cases only. No decisions on policy have been taken at this point, and the Government ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Dentistry: Training
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