| Heading: |
NHS: Compensation |
| Question ID: |
1786651 |
| UIN: |
HL5978 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
547 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Wigley
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Lord Wigley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to legislating to establish a financial cap on compensation payments made by the NHS to patients who make claims arising from treatment or advice received from the NHS. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
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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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |