The findings will be pored over by NHS trusts, regulators and families for months, but for readers in the insurance market, the report matters well beyond its immediate, tragic subject. It’s arriving in the same year that NHS Resolution, the body that indemnifies NHS trusts against clinical negligence claims, has posted record annual payouts, and it recommends a new personal duty of candour for managers that could reshape how liability for hospital governance failures is apportioned. Here’s what was just announced, and what it could mean for cover.
