Health written question – answered at on 17 January 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to place a cap on the liabilities of all private health providers under his proposals for the future of the NHS.
We have no plans for such a cap. The Government's aim is for equivalent safeguards to be in place for patients irrespective of who provides their NHS services. The national health service standard contract would require all providers of NHS services to provide equivalent indemnities in relation to clinical negligence and other potential losses.
The Department will therefore be asking the NHS Litigation Authority for advice on options for modifying the existing Clinical Negligence Scheme for trusts to enable all providers of NHS services to be members.
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