>The health service now has to spend more money settling maternity-malpractice claims than it does on actually providing maternity care This figure is from an

>The health service now has to spend more money settling maternity-malpractice claims than it does on actually providing maternity care This figure is from an article in the Times, and has no connection to official NHS figures. The Times just guessed how much it might be, and reported it as fact. Then, since The Times is a paper of record, other news outlets have run with it.