State’s liability soaring for clinical and other claims

State’s liability soaring for clinical and other claims
Claims against maternity services comprise 65 per cent - or €1.086 billion - of the total estimated clinical claims liability.

Most of the increased liability is being driven by clinical claims, according to NTMA 2016 annual report

The state’s liability for clinical and other claims soared by €412 million in 2016, from €1.789 billion at the end of 2015 to €2.2 billion by the end of last year.

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