Cancer and £1m compensation claims
It has been revealed that the compensation claims for medical negligence patients have began their legal battle for justice.
The breast cancer patients who suffered clinical blunders by the same surgeon has reached nearly £1m and could increase yet.
More than 30 women aged between 30 and 65 complained about the quality of their treatment following surgery by the doctor, who worked at Barnsley Hospital.
They claimed to have suffered personal injury and disfigurement. The majority of them were having reconstructive surgery after suffering breast cancer.
The NHS Foundation Trust had paid £678,245 in compensation to 19 of those patients, an average settlement of £35,697 each. It has now emerged a further three cases have been settled, an average of more than £100,000 going to those women.
A spokesman for Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust said: "A total of 22 cases [...] have now settled and the total compensation payments in connection with these claims now totals £984,054.
“There are three outstanding claims remaining and the trust's solicitors and the solicitors for the remaining claimants are continuing to investigate the claims in the hope that they will shortly be brought to a swift conclusion.”
Updated on 02/02/2010