The Caithness Business Index has posted the following article:

Cost Of Clinical Negligence Grew To £1.6 Billion In 2016-17

[IMG][/IMG] The annual cost of the clinical negligence for trusts has quadrupled over the last decade—£0.4 billion in 2006-07 to £1.6 billion in 2016-17—taking already scarce resources away from frontline services and patients. Despite long-standing concerns about these predictable rising costs, the government has been disappointingly slow and complacent in its response. [Read Full Article]