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About £48,000 a case on average, inclusive of VAT and all other costs.

The overall number of claims doesn't seem that high, given that the NHS probably treats over a million people a year. It would be interesting to know the precise figures, and the percentage of claims. On these broad figures though, it looks as though mistakes which result in legal claims are a very small fraction of the whole.

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