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The NHS Litigation Authority has greatly increased its use of surveillance by private detectives to investigate suspect claims, new figures have revealed.
A freedom of information request to the authority by the Gazette shows that it commissioned private investigators 24 times in 2013/14, up from 10 times in 2012/13. In 2010/11 they were used just once, to investigate a clinical negligence claim.
Figures so far this year suggest a continuing upward trend: by mid-October, the body had commissioned detectives 16 times since the start of April.
In 2013/14, the first year that figures were calculated, the NHSLA spent £49,600 on detectives. To date this year, the sum is £14,725.
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/nhs-increases-use-of-sleuths-for-suspect-claims/5045514.article
A freedom of information request to the authority by the Gazette shows that it commissioned private investigators 24 times in 2013/14, up from 10 times in 2012/13. In 2010/11 they were used just once, to investigate a clinical negligence claim.
Figures so far this year suggest a continuing upward trend: by mid-October, the body had commissioned detectives 16 times since the start of April.
In 2013/14, the first year that figures were calculated, the NHSLA spent £49,600 on detectives. To date this year, the sum is £14,725.
http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/nhs-increases-use-of-sleuths-for-suspect-claims/5045514.article