The patient safety minister has criticised the “ridiculous” amount the NHS spends on compensation for harm, claiming it sometimes costs more than services themselves.
Baroness Gillian Merron told the Birth Trauma Association national conference today: “We pay out a ridiculous – sorry, I should be careful – of course, people should be compensated. But we’ve got to a system where we are paying out more in compensation than on services… that can’t be right, it’s not sustainable.”
Source: HSJ, 18 November 2025
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