The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) is a not-for-profit campaign organisation. We are committed to protecting the rights of victims of negligence.
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APIL’s clinical negligence campaign and exclusive research received significant coverage in The Times on Thursday (24 September). thetimes.com/uk/law/article/…
If 10 babies were spared from catastrophic harm caused by NHS negligence it would save the health service £112 million, APIL's new clinical negligence research report reveals.
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So far the letter has received coverage in Swindon Advertiser, North West Evening Mail, Daily Echo, News and Star, Sheffield Star, and Your Thurrock
"More investigations are in the pipeline at various NHS trusts, and they will likely find many similar issues as others. As a lawyer supporting families in these cases, I see the same harm and suffering repeated again and again, and it is all avoidable."
A multitude of damning reports and investigations into maternity care have highlighted failures that lead to devastating, life-changing, consequences for mothers and babies, APIL president Guy Forster has told newspaper readers.
Watch APIL president Guy Forster talk about the significance of trust between patients and healthcare providers, and the importance of the duty of candour being adhered to, in this short video clip.
Charlie’s Story, the current Rebuilding Shattered Lives campaign film, surpassed four million online views this week. It is a major milestone for the campaign, which seeks to put injured people at the heart of any policymaking in relation to the law on personal injury and clinical negligence.
The justice gap impacts everyone.
Read more about APIL's research into the justice gap in the new report here: apil.org.uk/publications/the…
Fewer injured victims in work also means that tax receipts fall, affecting us all. The NHS is also harmed. Where no claim is made it cannot recover the victim’s treatment costs from the wrongdoer. This is already having a significant impact - since 2021, NHS finances have been hit by almost £300 million because of the collapse in motor injury claims.
The growing justice gap in personal injury affects all of society, not just injured people. A drop in compensation claims increases the amount the Government spends on benefits, for example. Compensation provides rehabilitation, helping people get back to work.
Victims of asbestos-related lung cancer should not have to trace all their former employers before they can receive compensation. It is unjust to expect people with a terminal disease to hunt down records in their dying days.
The comment comes after a Freedom of Information request revealed local councils have paid £3.75 million in compensation to pupils injured at school.
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