Doctors 'must own up to blunders' - The Observer 20th January 2008

NHS litigation chief insists on speedy and candid responses to cut down on compensation claims Doctors have been told to own up and apologise if they make mistakes, in a bid to reduce the £613m in compensation paid each year to victims of blunders such as wrong diagnoses, botched surgery and delays during childbirth. A new culture of honesty and openness should see such patients receive a personal apology from the doctor concerned and a detailed explanation of what went wrong, a senior official said.

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