NHS blames no win no fee lawyers for drop in standards
No win no fee lawyers are getting it in the neck again from the NHS, claiming that the fees the no win no fee lawyers are charging are starting to effect patient care. This contentious issue has been rolling along ever since no win no fee started but now it seems that the NHS are putting the pressure on government to change the rules.
Mr Walker told BBC Radio 4's File on 4: "The present system means there is too great a drain on public resources largely for the benefit of... claimant solicitors who are effectively recovering at a rate of perhaps as much as four times what we would pay our solicitors for doing the same quality of work."
Mr Walker added, "There is only one source of money for the NHS....we have to pay claims from money that would be spent on patient care." With lawyers arguing that they are working within the rules there still seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel in this seemingly never ending argument.
Updated on 01/07/2009