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Blueprint For NHS Claimants.

Publication: Mondaq Business Briefing
Publication Date: 04-OCT-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Following extensive debate and lobbying, the NHS Redress Act 2006 received Royal Assent last November and now provides the framework under which the Secretary of State for Health will set up an NHS redress scheme to come into force in or after April 2008. A second period of consultation on the scheme is taking place during 2007.

To recap, the objective of the redress scheme was to enable claimants to obtain redress more easily for their injuries and losses incurred as a result of substandard medical care without necessarily resorting to litigation.

It was also intended to encourage a...

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