QB-2022-000824 - [2025] EWHC 1610 (KB)

The Claimant has in submissions revised the sum sought under this head from £773.03 to £500. The Defendants submit that the original sum claimed was too high as, inter alia: it includes travel costs to the GP on the index date of 30 August 2016 when the Claimant says she should have been diagnosed, and also on 5 September which was a telephone consultation; it provides travel to therapies which I should not allow as recoverable (and to a large extent have not allowed – see “Past Therapies” below); that it allows for travel of the Claimant’s partner to visit her in hospital when her evidence is that he did not provide care (“He didn’t help me much”); the mileage is charged at 45p per mile instead of the usual 25p per mile; and the sums claimed do not give credit for the fact that the Claimant would have required investigation, treatment, possible surgery, follow up and review even if not misdiagnosed. I accept all these submissions. The First Defendant offers £150 for past travel and the Second Defendant £314.69. Doing the best that I can I come to a figure very close to that of the Second Defendant. I award £315 plus interest of £23.23.

This has been agreed at £146.39 which I believe includes interest.