The NHS is expected to pay out more than £700 million in clinical negligence payments next year, the Conservative Party said.Source: The Metro
The rise to £713 million is almost double this year's bill of £396 million and will take up almost a third of the additional funding hospitals will receive.
Shadow Health Minister Mark Simmonds said the current "inefficient system" incurred "vast legal costs" for NHS Trusts.
Friday 6 February 2009
NHS negligence costs 'will double'
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And those are just the one's who complained.
Some people have such a dependancy on their Doc that they would never speak out.
Shocking!!
I expect the government to change the law to stop people suing over the ration of healthcare they are doled out.
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