MRSA claims not easy to prove in court

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The impression given sometimes is that the NHS, both in England and here in Wales, faces huge numbers of claims for damages arising from patients acquiring such infections. But that is largely misleading, partly because making a successful claim is far from easy. Unfortunately, there aren’t necessarily any reliable statistics on the number of claims that are pursued, let alone those that succeed. Certainly, some successful claims have been brought. But such cases are not as common as one might imagine, and if the NHS had to start paying out compensation to the bulk of patients who actually contracted MRSA, the bill would be astronomical. In truth, there are many difficulties facing a patient who wishes to bring a claim. For one, it can be hard to show where the patient picked up the infection.

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