Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 29 Jul 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020
"My Lords, in this short contribution I need to remind myself that, although I was the Member of Parliament for Harborough for 25 years, since 2017 that constituency has been ably and diligently represented by Neil O’Brien. His constituents are more than fortunate to have him as their MP, and …..."Lord Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 29 Jul 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Leicester) Regulations 2020
"If the demographic information given by my noble friend Lord Ribeiro is correct, there needs to be some sort of framework, as there is in other countries, to explain to people why decisions taken 100 miles away in London are necessary. At the moment, for example, people have no idea …..."Lord Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Oct 2016
Glenfield Hospital Children’s Heart Surgery Unit
"I congratulate the hon. Lady on achieving this debate, which continues the public debate we have been having in the county and the city in respect of the hospital. Does she agree that the hospital and its children’s heart unit not only has a regional and national reputation of the …..."Lord Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Oct 2016
Glenfield Hospital Children’s Heart Surgery Unit
"I am grateful to the hon. Lady for letting me intervene on her twice. I concur with the point she made: the situation makes it very difficult to attract clinicians, nursing staff and technicians to such a hospital. We need the expertise but, if there is a state of confusion …..."Lord Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 09 Mar 2016
NHS: Learning from Mistakes
"The Under-Secretary of State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Ben Gummer), and I had a useful debate this morning in Westminster Hall about clinical negligence cases, and what the Secretary of State has said this afternoon clearly touches on that. I might be being obtuse, but …..."Lord Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Clinical Negligence Claims
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered the Government’s proposals on fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence claims.
Thank you, Mr Nuttall, for presiding over this very short debate. I thank Mr Speaker for granting it and my hon. Friend the Minister for being here to respond on …..."Lord Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Clinical Negligence Claims
"I will not give way.
That this debate takes place only a week before the Budget underlies that point. I further accept that the vast majority of patients who visit a GP, an NHS surgery or a hospital leave satisfied with their treatment and the outcome, but very occasionally something …..."Lord Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Mar 2016
Clinical Negligence Claims
"I regret that I cannot; this is a half-hour debate, and I am afraid we are rather pushed for time.
It is uncontroversial to state—and the common law expects this—that damages should, as far as they can, put the injured party back where they were before the incident. We need …..."Lord Garnier - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 13th January 2016
Asked by:
Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what account he took of the manner in which the NHS Litigation Authority has carried out its duties and responsibilities in defending clinical negligence claims when approving the proposed fixed recoverable costs in the clinical negligence scheme.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The planned consultation on the introduction of fixed recoverable costs for clinical negligence claims is also looking to streamlining claims for clinical negligence, focusing conduct by both claimants and defendants on what is required for a fair and proportionate resolution and encourage an overall system and process that is more resource efficient and that incentivises the right behaviours by all parties.
Written Question
Wednesday 13th January 2016
Asked by:
Lord Garnier (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on proposed fixed recoverable costs in clinical negligence cases of concerns expressed in a letter to him of 9 November 2015 from Action against Medical Accidents, Sands, National Voices, Meningitis Now and the Birth Trauma Association.
Answered by Ben Gummer
The Department is currently preparing to go out to public consultation on the introduction of fixed recoverable costs (FRCs) for clinical negligence claims as originally proposed by Lord Woolf and Lord Justice Jackson in 1996 and 2009 respectively. The Department undertook a pre-consultation process in late 2015 and obtained feedback from a range of respondents. Since the pre-consultation, the Department has been working to assess how concerns raised can be addressed and reflected in the formal consultation.
Respondents to the pre-consultation exercise in August confirmed that there is no exact correlation between value and complexity of clinical negligence claims. The consultation will include consideration of the maximum value of claims that will be covered by the FRC regime, whether there should be any exemptions; and thedate and method of implementation. The consultation is also looking at how behaviours can change to streamline and speed up the way in which clinical negligence claims are processed through the legal system. We, therefore, do not agree with the suggestion in the 9 November letter to delay the consultation whilst a review takes place.