I want to write a column based on Catch 22.
Interesting that you see these ("no top down reform of the NHS") politicians as speaking in good faith here. I saw it as politics as usual, dealing with the fall-out, objectives unchanged.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-29815677It seems as if some Doctors are changing they way they practice.Perhaps the real issue is poor management in the NHS?
Shouldn't that have been in the "only joking" thread
PS I'm still waiting for anyone to come up with an answer as to why the cost of successful claims for clinical/medical negligence has been rising steadily since 1999/2000.
Quote from: Sloper on October 29, 2014, 07:59:19 pmPS I'm still waiting for anyone to come up with an answer as to why the cost of successful claims for clinical/medical negligence has been rising steadily since 1999/2000.Because punters are more litigious than they used to be and less likely to accept an error as 'mistakes happen sometimes' and rapacious lawyers are demanding higher pay-outs?
What was that the other day about some gp's getting 6 figures for only working wknds? How not true is that?
Quote from: chris j on October 30, 2014, 05:29:44 amQuote from: Sloper on October 29, 2014, 07:59:19 pmPS I'm still waiting for anyone to come up with an answer as to why the cost of successful claims for clinical/medical negligence has been rising steadily since 1999/2000.Because punters are more litigious than they used to be and less likely to accept an error as 'mistakes happen sometimes' and rapacious lawyers are demanding higher pay-outs?The legal system implicated?! The very idea...Seeing as we usually quote to the Guardian around here, I might as well redress the balance...and I know Sloper likes cherry-picked examples as indicative of broad practice (as shown by earlier posts to this thread...)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9352397/Lawyers-seizing-lions-share-of-payouts-in-NHS-negligence-cases.htmlThere have been reforms to the legal-aid/no win no fee arrangements since this was written, but a bulk of the claims still being processed date from before that time...Declaration of interest - I work for solicitors writing reports on various clinical/medico-legal issues...it's paid pretty well so far and I say yes to every offer that comes across my desk...money for old rope.