NHS medical negligence persisting in England ‘despite 24 years of warnings’

MPs on influential committee excoriate health department and NHS England for errors costing £3.6bn a yearMedical negligence in the NHS keeps harming and killing patients because governments and health service bosses have not acted on 24 years’ worth of warnings, MPs have said.In a scathing report published on Friday, the public accounts committee (PAC) excoriates the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England for allowing the cost of mistakes to balloon to £3.6bn a year.The £3.6bn cost of medical negligence is diverting funds away from frontline NHS care.Lawsuits involving brain-damaged babies can take up to 12 years to settle.Some patients sue because hospitals refuse to tell them what went wrong with their care. Continue reading...