An NHS trust at the centre of concerns over its poor maternity services has had to repay almost £5m after wrongly claiming it provided safe care to mothers and their babies. Leeds Teaching Hospitals ...

Most potential clinical negligence cases in the last financial year were resolved without litigation, according to the latest annual report from NHS Resolution, the body tasked with dealing with ...

The NHS paid out a record £2.8 billion in compensation last year - over 140% higher than 2014/15’s figure of £1.2bn 41% of all compensation pay outs are related to maternity care equating to a ...

Physician associates (PAs) working in GP practices are still covered against clinical negligence liabilities even if their activities differ from recommendations made by the Leng review and the RCGP, ...

What will the new government do to tackle clinical negligence costs? The financial burden on the NHS remains heavy but will Labour draw the same conclusion about where the blame lies? The change of ...