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£185 Million Added To NHS Compensation Claim Fund? (18 January 2012)

Date: 18/01/2012
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, £185 Million Added To NHS Compensation Claim Fund?

Almost £200 million has been added to the NHS compensation claim fund, the Government has revealed. Claims have risen in recent years and the NHS Litigation Authority has struggled to fund compensation payments, according to reports from the Department of Health (DoH). The Government has been forced to provide £185 million amid fears that funds would run dry.

Government figures have shown that, if all compensation claims were lost, the maximum possible compensation claim payments faced by the NHS increased from £5.31 billion in 2001 to a staggering £16.85 billion in March 2011. Yearly payments rose from £277 million in 2000/01 to almost £1 billion in 2010/11. Over the past five years alone, clinical negligence compensation claims have increased from 5,697 to 8,655 per annum. Lord Howe, the Health Minister, claimed that, following reviewing all claims, additional funds had been set aside for the NHS Litigation Authority in order to ensure that individuals entitled to compensation received it in an efficient manner. He added that the Government’s proposals to reform civil litigation would support the NHS in handling expensive litigation cases.

Tom Fothergill, the NHS Litigation Authority’s financial director, claimed that they received around 100 claims relating to brain-damaged babies per annum. He added that the average compensation settlement was £6 million. However, this varied according to the lifespan of the baby.

Duncan Lewis’ personal injury solicitors are able to handle compensation claims for medical negligence. The team offer detailed yet compassionate advice on submitting compensation claims and understands the importance of quality representation in attaining the greatest possible settlement.

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