TIMES HEALTH COMMISSION MATERNITY PAYOUTS COST NHS TWICE THE PRICE OF CARE ITSELF
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The cost of compensating mothers and their families for harm caused by NHS maternity services is more than double what the health service spends on such care each year, analysis shows.
The total cost of harm from clinical negligence was £13.6 billion in the 2021-22 reporting year, according to an annual report from NHS Resolution, the arm of the Department of Health and Social Care that handles litigation. Sixty per cent of the cost of harm was for maternity claims, amounting to £8.2 billion for the year. NHS England spends £3 billion annually on maternity and neonatal services, a board paper published in March confirmed.
