Figures revealed by the NHS Litigation Authority have stated that due to doctors' failure in spotting blood clots that are fatal and not making an attempt to prevent them, the national health service has paid out over £112m since
2005 in compensation.

Every year in England alone, venous thromboembolism or VTE is claiming around 25,000 people who are admitted to hospitals. About 100 per cent patients have to be screened for blood clot risk according to recent guidelines but reports stated that out of about 159 hospital trusts only 30 met the screening of atleast 90 per cent patients target.

The NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh said, "We are committed to doing something about this issue, to reduce the suffering of thousands of people and to save many lives. This is not complicated. I expect organizations to assess every patient for their individual risk of getting a blood clot, and then to provide the appropriate prevention."

He added that it is the correct thing to do and should be followed.

Professor Beverley Hunt, medical director of the Lifeblood charity, said, people are turning to courts for taking compensations because hospitals are not following the NHS guidelines set for new thrombosis prevention guidelines.