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In 2009 the NHS had to face renewed accusations that it was unnecessarily dragging out the length of time it takes to settle many medical negligence compensation cases and thus adding to the legal costs associated with such claims.
Russell Levy, a leading medical negligence compensation lawyer, told the BBC, "They (the NHSLA) hope the harder they make it and the more they discourage people, they will go away.
"By the time they accept the inevitable, it costs much more than it should."
Unfortunately, in such scenarios NHS trusts end up paying vastly more in legal costs than they otherwise would.
It is the cumulative effect of these costs - the total bill for solicitor fees in 2008/2009 was £91 million - that now threatens to eat into the NHS budget.
Steve Walker, chief of the NHS Litigation Authority, told BBC Radio 4's File on 4, "The present system means there is too great a drain on public resources."
He added, "There is only one source of money for the NHS... we have to pay claims from money that would be spent on patient care."
File on 4 revealed that lengthy settlements were behind some extreme disparities between settlement sums and no win, no fee solicitor charges. For example, in one case a claimant received settlement of £5,000, while the solicitor received fees of £56,000. In another the claimant received £7,000, while the solicitor received £77,000.
Leading clinical negligence solicitors
To make a successful clinical negligence claim in the UK it must be shown that the level of care was poor and that injury or illness has occurred as a result. If you believe that you have suffered this fate, it may be possible for one of our solicitors to secure you medical negligence compensation.
Hospital negligence claims are the most complex of all types of personal injury litigation. This means that it is inevitable that the claimant will incur some costs; however, we always seek to keep these costs to a minimum, and will always warn of them in advance.
Our 100% compensation promise means that we will never take a cut.
Our solicitors are carefully selected from firms governed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, while many also possess membership of the Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme.
To investigate whether it might be in your interests to pursue a claim for compensation, echat with an advisor today, complete an a online claim form or call us, on 0800 10 757 95.
