Alicja Hagopian

17 hours ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Rebecca Thomas |Alicja Hagopian

The NHS must do more to reduce “tragic” incidents of patient harm and cut “jaw-dropping” payouts for poor care, MPs have warned as costs spiral to a record high. Compensation for clinical negligence claims cost £2.8bn in 2023-24 – up from £2.6bn the year before – with hundreds of millions paid out in legal fees. The highest number of claims were for failings in emergency medicine, obstetrics, orthopaedic and general surgery, with maternity care payouts costing the most, totalling £1.1bn last year.

1 day ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Rebecca Thomas |Alicja Hagopian

The NHS has faced criticism over ‘jaw-dropping’ costs for negligence claims, including high fees paid to claimants’ lawyers (PA Wire)The NHS must do more to reduce “tragic” incidents of patient harm and cut “jaw-dropping” payouts for poor care, MPs have warned as costs spiral to a record high. Compensation for clinical negligence claims cost £2.8bn in 2023-24 – up from £2.6bn the year before – with hundreds of millions paid out in legal fees.

1 day ago | independent.co.uk | Rebecca Thomas |Alicja Hagopian

Committee warns that Department of Health ‘lacks a grip’ on the state of its finances as NHS pays out £12bn for clinical negligence claims in five yearsThe NHS must do more to reduce “tragic” incidents of patient harm and cut “jaw-dropping” payouts for poor care, MPs have warned as costs spiral to a record high. Compensation for clinical negligence claims cost £2.8bn in 2023-24 – up from £2.6bn the year before – with hundreds of millions paid out in legal fees.

1 day ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Alicja Hagopian

More than 1m people still on zero-hours contracts despite Labour pledge to crack down on ‘exploitative’ practicePeople working in hospitality make up nearly a third of zero-hours contracts (Bloomberg/Getty)More than one million people in the UK are on zero-hours contracts, new data has revealed, despite Labour’s pledge to eliminate the “exploitative” contracts last year.

1 day ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Alicja Hagopian

More than 1m people still on zero-hours contracts despite Labour pledge to crack down on ‘exploitative’ practicePeople working in hospitality make up nearly a third of zero-hours contracts (Bloomberg/Getty)More than one million people in the UK are on zero-hours contracts, new data has revealed, despite Labour’s pledge to eliminate the “exploitative” contracts last year.