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No evidence found to change recommendation to remove disregard of NHS care in damages
Conclusion
In our July 2021 report examining the safety of maternity services, we recommended that the Government remove the disregard of NHS care in the award of damages. We have seen no evidence to change our recommendation. To argue that patients injured by errors in their NHS care would not want further care or treatment from the NHS is to mispresent the way healthcare is provided in England. The NHS is not a single entity, but a complex and comprehensive system made up of multiple organisations all dedicated to providing care at the point of need. An injured patient NHS litigation reform 57 receiving private care in a private hospital is likely to be under the care of an NHS- trained clinician who continues to practise within the health service. Should the NHS in England injure a patient it should be incumbent on the NHS to provide the necessary care to restore the injured party, as closely as possible, to good health.
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Source
Committee
Health and Social Care Committee
Inquiry
NHS litigation reform
Report
Thirteenth Report - NHS litigation reform
28 Apr 2022
HC 740
Addressee Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care
Timeline
Recommendation age
4.1 yrs
Report published
28 Apr 2022