NHS spends 'disappointing' £3.6billion a year on clinical negligenceThe total bill since 2006-7 is £60billionView Image Medical equipment in an NHS hospital wardThe Government and NHS England have failed to take “any meaningful steps” to slash the rising costs of clinical negligence in England despite 20 years' worth of warnings, according to MPs. ‌Its new report said that although the committee and its predecessors “have examined the issue of clinical negligence many times”, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) “cannot provide reassurance that it has taken any meaningful action to address clinical negligence to date”. ‌It added that the DHSC would “not commit to any new improvement activity” until an ongoing review of clinical negligence was completed, for which there is no expected completion date. MPs also raised concerns about a lack of data on the factors behind clinical negligence. Sir Geoffrey said: “Whatever happens next, government has been in unacceptable stasis on the issue of clinical negligence for the majority of my political life, as numbers have continued to creep up.