Clinical negligence litigation in the NHS: a move to a no-fault scheme?

As the adage goes, “Be careful what you wish for”. There might be unintended consequences to deal with if your wish comes true. This adage is apposite to recent discussions about the need to introduce a no-fault based liability scheme for clinical negligence in the NHS. Over the years there have been regular calls to replace our tort, fault based clinical negligence compensation system with a no-fault scheme which exists in some other countries. Sweden, New Zealand, Denmark are often cited examples of such schemes...Read full article