UK: INCREASED COST TO NHS OF MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
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It has been revealed that the number of completed medical negligence claims against the National Health Service (NHS) rose by around 7% every year during the 1990s, reaching an annual cost of GB[pound] 84mn in 1998, 80% of which was incurred by NHS trusts. The figure, amounting to around 0.25% of NHS annual expenditure, is significantly less than the GB[pound] 2.8bn anticipated by the National Audit Office in April 2000. The Medical Defence Union, however, warns that recent changes in the law have raised the amount payable in medical damages claims, including those where patients require care over a number of years. It is thought that more accurate figures will be necessary in order for health managers to budget for service improvements.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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Gathering dust in a Liverpool laboratory were thousands of body parts, including 46 heads
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The report into the secret storage of organs removed from children who died at Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool, England, is discussed. Particular attention is given to the activities of Professor Dick van Velzen, a pathologist who worked at the hospital between 1988 and 1995.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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UK: CONCERN OVER MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE AWARDS
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UK ministers are examining a recommendation from the British Medical Association (BMA) designed to deal with the increasing cost of claims for medical negligence and end what is an inconsistent system. Figures released in April 1999 revealed that the National Health Service (NHS) has a bill for expected and known claims of GB[pound] 1bn and GB[pound] 1.8bn respectively, money which could have been used to construct ten hospitals. The BMA has suggested to Secretary of State for Health, Alan Milburn, that a tariff be set up which would pay set sums for injuries irrespective of who is at fault. Medical defence bodies are supporting the BMA's initiative and describe the existing system as inequitable and very costly.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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