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FALLING NHS budgets were blamed yesterday for surgical blunders which forced hospital bosses to pay more than ?181million in compensation.
Scotland?s 14 NHS trusts have paid an average of ?45million every year since 2008-9 for hospital mistakes ? including leaving surgical tools inside patients.
In some cases, patients were given a payment of more than ?1million.
Most of the claims, which totalled ?181,369,988, were made over accusations of negligence or mistakes in diagnostics, obstetrics, women?s reproductive tracts, falls and medication errors.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/slashed-nhs-budgets-blamed-for-surgical-1528853
Scotland?s 14 NHS trusts have paid an average of ?45million every year since 2008-9 for hospital mistakes ? including leaving surgical tools inside patients.
In some cases, patients were given a payment of more than ?1million.
Most of the claims, which totalled ?181,369,988, were made over accusations of negligence or mistakes in diagnostics, obstetrics, women?s reproductive tracts, falls and medication errors.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/slashed-nhs-budgets-blamed-for-surgical-1528853