NHS Litigation Authority says a third of £1.1bn paid out last year went to lawyers and that government legal aid reforms have led to rising costs
A third of the £1.1bn paid out by the NHS in compensation last year was handed to lawyers, with one firm submitting a £121,700 bill following a £5,000 claim.
The cost to the taxpayer is expected to rise to £1.4bn next year, with the NHS conceding that it faced an “increasingly difficult task” in managing the level of payouts.
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