 | NHS Litigation Service - ignorant, obdurate defendants |
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| Posted By : Bill On 14/07/2017 11:00:00 | |
| I read in The Times that “The NHS paid £1.7 billion to settle negligence claims last year after a 15 per cent rise in the total that led to warnings that the cost of errors could cripple the health service. Lawyers suing the NHS took home almost £500 million of the total, up 19 per cent, a figure criticised as “disproportionate” by health chiefs.” Naturally the paper will have made no attempt to explore the facts and reasons, but will simply have published without question the press release sent out by the NHS PR agents (I wonder what they get paid??). My experience of the NHS litigation service, spread over many years, is that they are one of the most ignorant and obdurate defendants I come across. In the examples I see, that means that the lawyer costs ratchet up to high levels because the NHS will not behave sensibly. They say they’ve changed, and they’ve changed the name of their litigation arm accordingly (NHS Resolution), so we’ll see if the leopard does change its spots – I’ll be amazed if it does, but I live in hope! | |
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