NHS medical negligence liabilities hit £58.2bn amid calls to improve patient safety

Public accounts committee called the record sum jaw-dropping' and criticised inaction to reduce errors in a damning report

The NHS's total liabilities for medical negligence have hit an astounding" 58.2bn amid ministers' failure to improve patient safety, an influential group of MPs have warned.

The Commons public accounts committee (PAC) said the jaw-dropping" sums being paid to victims of botched treatment and government inaction to reduce errors were unacceptable".