Whiplash and insurance

Well, however you look at it, the first year of the coalition government has been nothing if not controversial. This week the health noise surrounding the government has been mainly around Nick Clegg and David Cameron's reported disagreements over the future of the NHS.

While the coalition government was always going to have its 'moments' - few would have believed the galactic smiles of the first days would last - nobody knew when or where the dread schism would appear. There's no indication yet that this schism has appeared. Depsite, of course, some media headlines loudly shouting about open warfare between the once happy pair. As the article linked to points out, "policy consensus may yet occur".

On another NHS related note - Insurance Daily reports today that an incredible 1 person out of every 140 claims for whiplash injuries each year, at great cost to insurers - with the stats showing UK has more whiplash than anywhere else in Europe. Or does it? As someone from the ABI states in the article, whiplash is easy to fake or exaggerate, but difficult to diagnose. Hmm.

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