Current system said to be too adversarial, resulting in bitter and long legal fights with patients.
A major reform of the way NHS clinical negligence claims are handled in England is needed, MPs say.
Parents described how they had to fight for years to get recognition for the harm that had been caused. Committee chairman Jeremy Hunt said the system was not fit for purpose and reform was "long overdue". "We must move away from a culture of blame to one that puts the prevention of future harms at its core," he added.
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