Policy responses and statements

Name of organisation:: Scottish Government
Name of policy document:: Recommendations for No-Fault Compensation in Scotland for Injuries Resulting from Clinical Treatment
Deadline for response:: 23 November 2012

Background: This consultation is for anyone who would be affected in anyway by a change in the compensation arrangements for injuries resulting from clinical treatment. There are a number of interests at stake – for example, NHS and private patients or staff, patient’s families, carers, NHS Boards, healthcare professionals, NHS and private healthcare providers, equipment suppliers, regulatory bodies, Royal Colleges, medical defence associations, the legal profession.

The consultation paper explains the background to the work undertaken by the No-fault Compensation Review Group established by the Scottish Government in 2009. It should be read in conjunction with the Review Group’s report2 and the Study report of the researchers supporting the work of the group. In particular the consultation seeks views on:

the essential criteria for a compensation scheme for injuries resulting from clinical treatment
the recommendations of the no-fault compensation group
the implications of the introduction of a no-fault compensation scheme in Scotland
how a no-fault scheme could work in practice, both for the benefit of individual patients and the good of the health service as a whole.

Download the response to Recommendations for No-Fault Compensation in Scotland for Injuries Resulting from Clinical Treatment

Copies of this response are available from:

Lesley Lockhart,
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
9 Queen Street,
Edinburgh,
EH2 1JQ.

Tel: 0131 225 7324 ext 608
Fax: 0131 220 3939

[23 November 2012]