Compensation for clinical negligence claims cost £2.8bn in 2023-24 – up from £2.6bn the year before – with hundreds of millions paid out in legal fees.
The highest number of claims were for failings in emergency medicine, obstetrics, orthopaedic and general surgery, with maternity care payouts costing the most, totalling £1.1bn last year.
The Department of Health and Social Care has set aside an “astounding” £58.2bn to cover the potential costs of clinical negligence events occurring before April 2024.
The public accounts committee sounded the alarm on the rise, saying ministers needed to get a grip on NHS finances....<<<Read More>>>....
