Doctors are seeing up to 116,000 bogus whiplash patients every month, a report by insurers reveals today. Nearly a million hours of GPs’ time is wasted annually by the 1.4million suspected fraudsters, says research by LV=. And as well as putting a strain on the already creaking NHS, false whiplash claims cost insurers over £2billion a year – adding an average of £90 to drivers’ premiums, according to the Association of British Insurers. Don't lie: Doctors are seeing up to 116,000 bogus whiplash patients every month. (Picture posed by model) The report found that Britain’s reputation as the ‘whiplash capital of the world’ is justified – 78 per cent of UK car accidents, in which one driver accepts liability, involves a compensation claim for whiplash. This is twice the Western European average.
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False whiplash claims add an average of £90 to premiums, insurers say
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Three quarters of car accidents include whiplash compensation claim
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That's twice the average rate for the rest of Western Europe
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