Last in a five-part series investigating what medical negligence is and what happens when patients believe they are victims of doctors' mistakes.
The Lottery of the Law. A case involving a blind baby goes into court again and again, and is still unsettled after 11 years.
Ian Kennedy , Professor of Medical Law and Ethics at King's College, London, says: 'There's no money, no compensation, no resolution. The child is unhappy, the parents are unhappy, the medical profession is unhappy - this system must go.'
Many people are contemptuous of the present way of dealing with the question of negligence. The
Swedes used to have a system like the British but they replaced it.
The programme asks if it isn't time Britain did the same. Series producer John Groom
Executive producer David Paterson
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