64th Report - Costs of clinical negligence

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 1234 30 January 2026
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 27 items (18 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 27 of 27 classified)
Accepted 10
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 10
Not Addressed 1
Rejected 2
Clear

Recommendations

2 results
14 Rejected
Insufficient use of NHS data resources for patient safety insights and improvement.
Recommendation
It is generally accepted that learning from past incidents is fundamental to improving patient safety, but the 2025 Dash review found that insufficient use is made of the NHS’s data resources to generate insights and support improvement.28 NHS England told … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with establishing a national system for sharing data, stating that existing data sharing arrangements and patient safety data are already in place.
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15 Rejected
Lack of centralised learning causes repeated patient safety incidents across trusts.
Recommendation
Written evidence submitted to us raised concerns about a lack of centralised learning leading to incidents being repeated across multiple trusts.31 When asked what it was doing to improve systemic learning from patient safety incidents, NHS England told us it … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with establishing a national system for sharing data, stating that existing data sharing arrangements and patient safety data are already in place.
HM Treasury
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