Government plans to save NHS £80m a year by capping legal fees that in some cases run as high as 10 times the amount paid in compensation to clients
Ministers are to clamp down on lawyers who overcharge the NHS in clinical negligence cases – earning in some cases 10 times the amount their client receives in compensation – by setting a cap on their fees.
As part of a Department of Health plan to save the NHS up to £80m a year, legal costs for claims up to £100,000 would be fixed. The lawyer’s fee would reflect a percentage of the compensation received by the patient.
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