Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 1:08 pm on 19 November 2013.

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Photo of David Mowat David Mowat Conservative, Warrington South 1:08, 19 November 2013

Some 14% of the entire NHS budget goes on complaints relating to injury compensation. Of that, a third or £4 billion per year goes to lawyers. That diversion of cash away from the front line to lawyers makes it much harder to get the staffing levels that Francis envisaged. Will the Secretary of State address that as part of the wider issue?