Law firms to be banned from touting for business in hospitals

Law firms to be banned from touting for business in hospitals Law firms will no longer be able to tout for business inside hospitals under plans unveiled by the NHS.

Personal injury lawyers will be banned from health service premises from 2017/18 following changes to the NHS Standard Contract.

Firms will be stopped from "operating from or touting for business", according to the Next Steps on the NHS Five Year Forward View.

Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said: "We want lawyers out of hospital and doctors out of court.

"That's why personal injury lawyers are going to be banned from NHS premises following consultation on changes to the NHS Standard Contract." The Daily Telegraph