HC Deb 16 June 1997 vol 296 c21W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of actions for clinical negligence brought against each NHS trust in the Northern and Yorkshire regions in the last two years. [3254]

Mr. Milburn

At present this information is not held centrally. However, the Department of Health is actively considering what steps can be taken to improve the range of clinical negligence data collected to get a more accurate picture of the effect of clinical negligence on National Health Service funds.