APIL warns against including vulnerable patients in fixed compensation claims

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The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has warned against the inclusion of vulnerable patients and patients who have died through NHS failures in the proposed fixed process for clinical negligence claims. APIL explains that vulnerable patients are currently excluded from other low value schemes because of the complexity of their cases, and APIL argues that cases where people have died through NHS failures require more time and sensitivity than the proposed fixed process would allow. The warning comes in response to the Department for Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) consultation on the proposed fixed process for clinical negligence claims of up to £25,000.