Dan Poulter corrected the Commons record on NHS: Negligence

8 October 2013 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

Dan Poulter made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 8 October 2013. The correction replaced 1 figure (£1.22 billion) with 2 figures (10.4, £607.8 million). Altogether 13 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the money set aside by the NHS to compensate patients for clinical negligence claims will be paid to lawyers representing patients. Letter of correction from Daniel Poulter: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen) on 5 September 2013. The full answer given was as follows:

Original and corrected words

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As at 31 March 2013 the National Health Service Litigation Authority has made provision for claimant solicitors' costs of ~~£1.22 billion.~~ This is against a total provision of £5.8 billion relating to all reported but unresolved clinical negligence claims, equating to a proportion of about ~~21%~~ of the provision. It should be emphasised that these sums do not represent a single year's costs, but a provision in the account for costs that may be paid out spread over a number of subsequent years. ~~The correct answer should have been:~~	As at 31 March 2013 the National Health Service Litigation Authority has made provision for claimant solicitors' costs of £607.8 million . This is against a total provision of £5.8 billion relating to all reported but unresolved clinical negligence claims, equating to a proportion of about 10.4% of the provision. It should be emphasised that these sums do not represent a single year's costs, but a provision in the account for costs that may be paid out spread over a number of subsequent years.

Original

Corrected

As at 31 March 2013 the National Health Service Litigation Authority has made provision for claimant solicitors' costs of ~~£1.22 billion.~~ This is against a total provision of £5.8 billion relating to all reported but unresolved clinical negligence claims, equating to a proportion of about ~~21%~~ of the provision.
It should be emphasised that these sums do not represent a single year's costs, but a provision in the account for costs that may be paid out spread over a number of subsequent years.
~~The correct answer should have been:~~

As at 31 March 2013 the National Health Service Litigation Authority has made provision for claimant solicitors' costs of £607.8 million . This is against a total provision of £5.8 billion relating to all reported but unresolved clinical negligence claims, equating to a proportion of about 10.4% of the provision.
It should be emphasised that these sums do not represent a single year's costs, but a provision in the account for costs that may be paid out spread over a number of subsequent years.

The correction in Hansard.

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