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The number of claims in my own specialty [Urology] has been rising, but the proportion of
claims that result in no compensation has also been increasing. One possible explanation for
this is that there are more patients being encouraged to make claims in the hope that they might be awarded some compensation. There are, or were, advertisements in NHS outpatient clinics form solicitors encouraging patients who are dissatisfied with the outcome of their treatment to make a claim. I have heard a similar advertisement on Classic FM. ‘Ambulance chasers’ are not confined to accident cases, it seems.
In the past you have replied to my request for a breakdown of the causes of litigation in five
specialties, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Accident and Emergency and
Urology, over the last 10 years. I would be most grateful if you could supply this information to me for the y/e 31 March 2025, giving the same breakdown of causes in the same five
specialties. For urology you have included the number of claims and the numbers that did and did not receive compensation. Both the overall numbers and the percentage who do not receive compensation have been increasing. I am wondering whether this trend is seen in the other four specialties.
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