Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes
More or Less: Behind the Stats
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The Future Costs of New Incidents
The value of the damage caused is going to be about four times what we spend on salaries for obsetricians, maternity nurses and midwives. The fact that the future liabilities are so much more than the current payments tells me that the situation is getting worse quite quick am i right? Yes, but it's very difficult. There are a number of different components of this - one is that the value of claims has increased dramatically over years. Another thing is that these packages are all index linked against an earnings standard.
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