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NHS told to stop advertising injury lawyers20 Jan 2012Health Minister, Simon Burns, will be writing to NHS chief executive, Sir David Nicholson, to demand that NHS trusts stop distributing leaflets on casualty wards that promote 'no win, no fee' personal injury lawyers. According to a report in 'the Times', many NHS trusts distribute advice leaflets which are subsidised by advertising from personal injury firms. Burns comments “Patients should be able to focus on getting better without having to be hounded by lawyers or adverts displayed in A&E departments. I will ask Sir David Nicholson to write to hospitals to remind them that it is not acceptable to display these adverts.” The Minister's intervention comes after Andrew Bridgen, the Tory MP for North West Leicestershire, put down a parliamentary early day motion highlighting and criticising the deals, which he claims have fuelled the rise of Britain’s compensation culture that pushes up the cost of car insurance for everyone. At present the MoJ is considering what more needs to be done to curtail case-generating practices by the claims industry. They have already started clamping down more firmly on the practices of claims management companies, while the recent Transport Select Committee report on the cost of motor insurance too a similar stand "We also call on the Government to initiate an investigation of cold calling intended to generate personal injury claims, with a view to examining the legal and regulatory options for curtailing this activity." |
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