Stressed hospital chief wins £500k payout from NHS
After suffering from work-related illness and collapsing in his office at work Roger Tarver retired on medical grounds from his position as chief executive of City Hospital in Birmingham. After collapsing at work Mr Tarver was diagnosed with acute stress and heart problems and not long after retired at the age of 51 on an NHS pension. Due to suffering from a work-related illness Mr Tarver was entitled to claim compensation and was offered £394,550 in compensation from the NHS. Mr Tarver retired from his position in 1996 after discovering his illnesses and from there he began his journey to getting compensation. In 2009 he was finally rewarded with his compensation after working extremely hard for the NHS for over 30 years.
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