Cost of NHS clinical negligence payouts continues to soar NHS Resolution, which handles legal claims against secondary care providers, spent an extra £404m on clinical negligence payouts last year solely related to the discount rate cut.
The total cost of payouts relating to clinical claims was up by close to one-third to £2.23bn in 2017/18, from £1.71 bn in 2016/17.
According to the report, this comes despite 'clinical claim numbers' having 'stabilised after many years of significant growth' - however payouts have grown in size including some at £20m. Pulse
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