NHS England paying out nearly FIVE TIMES as much for medical negligence as NHS Scotland because of this

Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks to Dottie for alerting me to this. In the Guardian today: The NHS’s total liabilities for medical negligence have hit an “astounding” £58.2bn amid ministers’ failure to improve patient safety, an influential group of MPs have warned. The PAC urged ministers to take urgent steps to reduce “tragic incidences of patient harm” and to also end a situation where lawyers take an “astronomical” 19% of the compensation awarded to those who are successful in suing the NHS. That amounted to £536m of the £2.8bn that the health service in England paid out in damages in … Continue reading NHS England paying out nearly FIVE TIMES as much for medical negligence as NHS Scotland because of this