title: Response to the letter: Litigation for VTE in the NHS; the denominator matters.
authors.affiliation: Northern Vascular Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK Gerard.Stansby@nuth.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stansby
authors.affiliation: Northern Vascular Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000191:economics*; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000191:economics*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000191:economics*