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NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of recorded clinical negligence incidents in the NHS involved treatment provided by NHS staff who were not British nationals.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
10 Sept 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of recorded clinical negligence incidents in the NHS involved treatment provided by NHS staff who were not British nationals.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The requested information is not held centrally by the Department, nor by NHS Resolution, the arm’s length body that manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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