Clinical negligence costs: taking action to safeguard NHS sustainability
Christopher W.H. Yau, Bertie Leigh, Elisa Giulia Liberati, Daniel Punch, Mary Dixon‐Woods, Tim Draycott
Abstract
The NHS cannot afford to divert more and more money to litigation, and we need to tackle the problem at source. <b>Tim Draycott and colleagues</b> set out four principles to reduce avoidable harm
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