Skip to main content

Written question asked by John Pugh (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 7 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 October 2016. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Monday, 17 October 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


NHS: Negligence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of contested cases have been successfully defended by the NHS Litigation Authority.

Answer

In 2015/16 the NHS Litigation Authority took 124 contested cases to trial and won 75 of them, giving a success rate of 60%.

Source:

http://www.nhsla.com/AboutUs/Documents/NHS_Litigation_Authority_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-2016.pdf


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
47015
Session
2016-17
Subjects
NHS Negligence NHS Litigation Authority
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk