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Periodical Payments. It was appropriate to add the secretary of state as a party to proceedings for the approval of a settlement in a clinical negligence claim where the exercise of his discretion under the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 s. 25(3) was an important consideration in resolving the issue of whether the court could be satisfied that continuity of periodical payments by an NHS Foundation Trust was reasonably secure.
