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Sorry David I have the article in front of me.It reads "The NHS has set aside £26.1 billion to cover outstanding liabilities"A prospective liability that may or may not occur is not an outstanding liability.If it was I personally would be very concerned on a number of fronts.
I endorse Anon02.50pms comments entirely.I have been dealing with these claims for over 30 years.Only about 2 in every 10 persons I see has a potential claim.I can spend many hours with the 8 who do not have a claim making investigations.Even when I secure favourable reports the claim can fail after reviewing the reponse from the defendant.If I decided to pursue speculative claims the firm would go bankcrupt very quickly.I am interested to see what happens to a number of PI firms who have now decided to chance their arms on these claims.A lot of them are in for a nasty shock.
For what it is worth I believe the NHS provides a fantastic service to the vast majority of patients.However my firm has acted for hundreds who have received appalling treatment often resulting in serious life changing injuries.In a lot of these cases liability is denied and it is often the case that the claim is not taken seriously until proceedings are issued.In many cases which are not pursued theTrust accept that they have been at fault but fortuitously can show that the injury would have occurred anyway so there is no claim.
For the record I have never heard of a Trust paying out on a spurious claim.My main gripe is their refusal to hold their hands up soon enough on valid claims which reults in increased costs which you and I have to pay.

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