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Litigation (Devon)

Answer

The number of clinical negligence claims made against Torbay hospital, Royal Devon and Exeter and Derriford hospital in each of the past five years; and the number of outstanding cases for each hospital are in the table. Information on the number of non-clinical litigation cases by each hospital is not collected centrally. This information was supplied by the NHS Litigation Authority.

All clinical negligence claims received
Derriford hospital
NHSLA notification year	Clinical negligence scheme for trusts	Existing liabilities scheme	Total	Number of claims still open
2000–01	22	10	32	4
2001–02	52	1	53	6
2002–03	88	5	93	5
2003–04	91	6	97	29
2004–05	56	—	56	23
Total	—	—	—	67
Royal Devon and Exeter (Heavitree)
2000–01	8	12	20	1
2001–02	17	4	21	2
2002–03	13	1	14	3
2003–04	16	1	17	4
2004–05	6	—	6	1
Total	—	—	—	11
Royal Devon and Exeter (Wonford)
2000–01	3	3	6	0
2001–02	14	—	14	0
2002–03	19	3	22	1
2003–04	10	1	11	4
2004–05	8	—	8	4
Total	—	—	—	9
Torbay District General Hospital
2000–01	13	12	25	1
2001–02	54	9	63	7
2002–03	38	4	42	3
2003–04	32	1	33	6
2004–05	19	—	19	7
Total	—	—	—	24

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

50134; 442 c2022-4W;442 c2022-4W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Civil proceedings Hospitals NHS Negligence Derriford Hospital Torbay Hospital Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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