§ Mr. HurstTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the national health service resulting from clinical negligence was in each year from 1990 to 2002. [156016]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe total cost of medical negligence in each year since 1996, as prepared by the National Audit Office and presented in the National Health Service Summarised Accounts for England, is in the table. Information for the period 1990 to 1995 was not collected centrally.
£ millions In year expenditure 1996–97 £235 1997–98 £144 1998–99 £221 1999–2000 £373 2000–01 £415 2001–02 £446 Note: Changes to accounting policies imposed by Her Majesty's Treasury over the years mean that these amounts are not directly comparable.