Medical negligence compensation from Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust has been received by 17 families.
According to BBC, the total compensation amount for these 17 cases is £173,000. It has been awarded to patients or relatives of patients who suffered at the hands of sub-standard medical care.
These payments come on the back of Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust paying out compensation of over £1million in 98 cases, due to the scandal hit Stafford Hospital. The claims were made by those who had suffered from unacceptable nursing care.
In 2009, Stafford Hospital was the subject of a Healthcare Commission report that concluded that more patients died there than was to be expected between the period of 2005 and 2008. Reports estimate the figure of patients affected, to be somewhere between 400 and 1200.
The Chief Executive of Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust, after settling these latest cases, offered sincere apologies to those affected, and stressed they had made improvements to the levels of care given. Finally, it was insisted that all efforts would be put into making sure all improvements were sustained.
On behalf of individual NHS Trusts, the compensation money is paid out by the NHS Litigation Authority.