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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Storm Newton

Government and NHS fail to take ‘any meaningful steps’ to tackle spiralling medical negligence costs

The government and NHS England have been sharply criticised by MPs for their failure to take "any meaningful steps" to slash the rising costs of clinical negligence in England, despite two decades of warnings.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) branded this "lack of action" as "especially disappointing" amidst widespread budget cuts and redundancies across the health service.

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