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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to provide that persons injured, distressed or subjected to unnecessary pain or suffering during care by the National Health Service may be awarded fair compensation without having to prove negligence on the part of the NHS; to define eligibility for compensation; to establish a Medical Injury Compensation Board and to make other provision for assessment of eligibility and payment of fair compensation. More details
Submitted by Paul Heathcote – Deadline to sign up by: 03 May 2008 – Signatures: 30
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Under the present system for handling medical negligence claims against the NHS patients are subjected to years of very adversarial litigation. This system has been created by the legal profession for the legal profession not the injured patients who unwittingly, and ironically, fund it through taxes. Patients injured during care by the NHS should be cared for by the community and not have to suffer the hazards of litigation.
Current signatories
Paul Heathcote, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Andrew Constantine, English Democrats
- Anisah Ahmed
- Susan Loiuse Spoore
- MRS MARGARET ROBERTS
- Adam Yar Khan
- mark hempstock
- tina brown
- susan george
- Arpad
- Jennifer Robertson
- Carl Henshall
- Elizabeth Robillard
- A Evans
- Nigel Baldwin
- Heather Collins
- Kenneth Waring
- michele digby
- Sian Scullion
- helene ryles
- Rosanna Notaro
- Sharon Rowley
- Margaret King
- Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
- v staines
- Franklyn Collins RN (Rtd)
- Terry Bott
- Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/NHS-dentists4all/)
- philip camp
- lee knowles
