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Payouts for botched care at Calderdale and Huddersfield hospitals have rocketed to more than ?11m in one year ? the highest ever.
NHS lawyers have been forced to compensate dozens of patients for failures at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax.
A top Huddersfield solicitor has told the Examiner she is overwhelmed with cases against local maternity units.
In 2012/13 the NHS Litigation Authority, the body that deals with claims against hospitals, forked out a total of ?11,543,140 for incidents involving the two hospitals.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/nhs-forced-pay-11m-damages-6381609
NHS lawyers have been forced to compensate dozens of patients for failures at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax.
A top Huddersfield solicitor has told the Examiner she is overwhelmed with cases against local maternity units.
In 2012/13 the NHS Litigation Authority, the body that deals with claims against hospitals, forked out a total of ?11,543,140 for incidents involving the two hospitals.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/nhs-forced-pay-11m-damages-6381609