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registered interest false more like this
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading NHS: Negligence more like this
house id 2 more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O'Shaughnessy on 5 November (HL10962), whether the figures for the total government spend on clinical negligence in 2016–17 and 2018–19 include legal costs. more like this
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Lord Storey more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-12-13more like thismore than 2018-12-13
answer text <p>NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.</p><p>As stated in my answer of 5 November, the total Government spend on clinical negligence was £1.7 billion in the financial year 2016-17 and £2.2 billion in the financial year 2017-18. These figures did include legal costs and NHS Resolution has provided the following information about legal costs in these two financial years.</p><p>Legal costs for 2016-17 were:</p><p>- Claimant costs: £498 million</p><p>- Defence costs: £126 million</p><p>Legal costs for 2017-18 were:</p><p>- Claimant costs: £467 million</p><p>- Defence costs: £129 million</p><p>Note:</p><p>Claimant costs are legal costs incurred by the claimant in bringing a claim for compensation.</p><p>Defence costs are legal costs incurred by NHS Resolution in dealing with the claim received.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-12-13T14:58:28.067Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-13T14:58:28.067Z
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label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Storey more like this