Committees

NHS litigation reform

Inquiry

The Committee has launched a new inquiry to examine the case for the reform of NHS litigation against a background of a significant increase in costs, and concerns that the clinical negligence process fails to do enough to encourage lessons being learnt which promote future patient safety.

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Wednesday 20 October 2021.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Thirteenth Report - NHS litigation reform
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Permanent Under Secretary of State for Primary Care and Patient Safety correcting oral transcript from 1 February evidence session on NHS litigation reform
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Oral evidence transcripts

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1 February 2022
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Oral Evidence
11 January 2022
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Oral Evidence
16 November 2021
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Written evidence

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Society of Clinical Injury Lawyers (NLR0076)
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Professor Shin Ushiro (Professor and Director at Division of Patient Safety Kyushu University Hospital, Executive board member Japan Council for Quality Health Care) (NLR0077)
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Anastasia Watson (Parliamentary Clerk and Parliamentary Affairs Lead at Department of Health and Social Care) (NLR0073)
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