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The Medical Defence Union (MDU) says it is extremely worrying that the amount of money earmarked to cover the cost of clinical negligence claims against the NHS in the UK has risen to £86 billion. The astonishing figure, just published in the Whole of Government Accounts for the year to March 2020 has increased more than fourfold… Read more »
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee has published the report of its inquiry into NHS litigation reform. The Medical Defence Union (MDU) engaged closely with this inquiry, submitting written evidence. The MDU welcomes the publication of today’s report but cautioned against too much focus on fundamental and complex structural change, at… Read more »
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The new Health Secretary Thérèse Coffey reiterated the government’s planned support for the NHS during her speech at the Conservative party conference underway in Birmingham. The so-called ‘ABCD’ plan, which Coffey joked was not a revelation of her A-Level grades, stands for ambulances, backlogs, care, doctors and dentists. These are what the government say their… Read more »
There is a full in-tray facing Therese Coffey, the new Health and Social Care Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. As the new government takes shape, we are told that the priorities of the new Secretary of State will be ‘ABCD’: ambulances, backlogs, care, doctors and dentists. Anyone involved in the delivery of healthcare knows, there… Read more »
