NHS: 230,000 cases of clinical negligence reported in 2023

2024-09-17 1,073

As the National Health Service is set to face upcoming winter pressure, earlier this month, PM Sir Keir Starmer promised to draw up a new 10-year plan for the health service, as he said there will be no extra NHS funding without reform.
Now, recent research by the World Health Organisation found that in 2023, there were almost 230,000 complaints relation to clinical negligence.