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I understand that there is a formal assessment of the going rates of compensation awarded in respect of children whose deafness was missed by the NHS and who consequently suffer delays and deficits in communication, in some cases permanently. An example would be a deaf child who “missed the window” for cochlear implantation and will consequently never be able to develop meaningful hearing or speech.
I am looking for a copy of any document that indicates the going rate of compensation, specifically in respect of failure to identify deafness in babies and toddlers. I don’t know if there is a “rate card” or if an assessment of likely compensation has recently been done for NHS partners such as NHS England.
If there is an assessment, obviously provisional at this stage, about the total liability that NHS England may face in terms of compensation for failure to identify deafness in children, then I would request that too.
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