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Post by Denise on Jun 28, 2011 8:58:02 GMT
JACKSON REFORMS SET TO COST NHS £105.55 MILLION A new analysis based on recently published Parliamentary Answers has revealed that far from saving the NHS £50m, in fact the impact will be to cost the NHS an extra £105.55million, comprising legal fees, additional compensation and loss of income from recovered treatment charges from insurers. Access to Justice Action Group (AJAG) co-ordinator Andrew Dismore, who undertook the research and analysis, said: “It is appalling that the Government is going to cost the NHS over £105 million, in pushing through their civil justice “reforms”. Even if we are only half right, the cost to the NHS of these ill thought out and hasty measures is truly shocking. The Government is determined to press ahead, despite all the evidence pointing to them heading for a legal services train wreck. The criticisms of their proposals in their denial of access to justice to hundreds of thousands of ordinary people are now becoming known, but this is the first detailed breakdown of how the changes will also affect NHS finances. Read more: www.accesstojusticeactiongroup.co.uk/home/latest-news/press-release-jackson-reforms-set-to-cost-nhs-105-55-million
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