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Medical professionals are witnessing a sharp rise in the number of patients attempting to make fraudulent claims, with 60% of GPs surveyed by LV reporting an increase unscrupulous activity relating to car accident injuries.
According to research carried out by LV car insurance, more than half of all GPs have been targeted directly in the past 12 months by claims management firms on the hunt for patient details in exchange for a fee.
Over the past two years nearly nine out of ten GPs revealed that at some point they have seen someone who was completely making an injury up and almost all of those interviewed said they have been visited by someone they thought was exaggerating an injury.
John O’Roarke, managing director of LV car insurance, said: “Attempted fraudulent personal injury claims waste time and money. GPs have increasingly large workloads and should not have to deal with fraudsters attempting to make a fast buck at the expense of law abiding motorists. Attempting to make a compensation claim when you do not have an injury is against the law and could lead to a hefty fine or prison sentence.”
In the past three years, LV car insurance claim to have seen an increase in the number of whiplash claims where the circumstances were deemed to be suspicious and estimates that 15% of whiplash claims received in 2011 were potentially fraudulent.
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Medico Legal News Source: Claims Standards Council
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