Regarding the provision for clinical negligence, the WGA shows a levelling off of new cases and explains that in the second year of its new strategy to tackle clinical negligence laid out in April 2017, NHS Resolution mediated 380 cases, or 110% more than the previous year.20 We asked the Treasury what progress was being made to control the liability. The Treasury responded that clinical negligence had been picked up by the balance sheet review and that the lead for this area was the Departme...

Regarding the provision for clinical negligence, the WGA shows a levelling off of new cases and explains that in the second year of its new strategy to tackle clinical negligence laid out in April 2017, NHS Resolution mediated 380 cases, or 110% more than the previous year.20 We asked the Treasury what progress was being made to control the liability. The Treasury responded that clinical negligence had been picked up by the balance sheet review and that the lead for this area was the Department for Health and Social Care, working with a cross-government taskforce that involved the Treasury.21 Analysis and scenario planning Type: conclusion | Number: 10 | Response status: under_consideration