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APIL: Clinical Negligence Claims Now Take 10 Months Longer to Settle. Where Does the Delay Come From?
New research from the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) finds it now takes NHS Resolution more than two years on average to settle a clinical negligence claim, around 10 months longer than in 2013/14. The most severely injured wait longest: the highest-value claims now take more than eight years,...
New NHS Resolution Guidance Published on AI Liability in Clinical Negligence
Artificial intelligence is already being used across healthcare for purposes including diagnostic imaging, clinical decision support, triage and note-taking. As its use expands further, questions around responsibility, evidence and clinical decision-making are becoming increasingly relevant to medico-legal practice. On 10 September 2026, NHS Resolution published new guidance on indemnity and liability...
Late Medical Evidence in Clinical Negligence Claims: When Is It Too Late?
Medical evidence is central to most clinical negligence claims. It helps establish what should have happened, whether the care provided fell below the required standard, and whether any breach caused the injury complained of. A High Court decision in a delayed diagnosis claim involving cauda equina syndrome (Williams v Wilkinson...