The Daily Mail reports that the NHS has set aside £1.3 billion to be able to cover pay-outs in relation to Covid compensation. The organisation that handles and represent health services in matters relating to negligence disputes – NHS Resolution– have created an annual report that predicts a high volume of claims in relation to cancellations, treatment delays and hospital misdiagnosis.
Campaigners have warned the NHS that the figure may not be enough to settle the amount of damage caused by medical negligence during the peak of the pandemic. Daily Mail reports that there’s been a rise of families seeking legal help from medical negligence lawyers in relation to losing their loved ones during the pandemic.
Jackie Linehan, a legal representative who has been dealing with a case involving a man who passed away in 2020, after his heart surgery deemed ‘urgent’ was delayed for a couple of months, states, “We anticipate the number of claims relating to deaths and avoidable injuries to increase because of the delays in treatment throughout 2020 and 2021. A lot of individuals are only just realising the consequences of not being seen much sooner.”
The pandemic caused thousands of individuals’ treatment to be postponed which has left the NHS on struggling with a staggering backlog of 7.1 million in the queue by September. Daily Mail reports that ‘hundreds of thousands have waited more than a year’ which is, of course, very worrying.
Here at UKExpertMedical, we appreciate how traumatic these cases can be. Our team will always act in the best interests of the client and solicitor to prepare Medical Negligence Reports as quickly as possible, in order that the claim can progress to a prompt conclusion. Our Medical Negligence Reports now cover Dental Negligence cases. Get in touch with our team today.