Savings? What savings?

According to data published by the National Health Service Litigation Authority, total payments for clinical negligence claims in 2008-9 were £769m, In evidence to Lord Justice Jackson, the authority stated that legal costs paid to claimants and defendants' lawyers in 2008-9 totalled £143m. Everyone interested in patient safety and justice should be collaborating to devise a new model combining a full, open, and independent investigation of an adverse outcome conducted in a blame-free atmosphere.