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Written question asked by John Baron (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 May 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 May 2018 (named day). It was answered by Steve Barclay (Conservative) on Monday, 21 May 2018 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS: Negligence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in how many medical negligence claims against the NHS which were settled in the last five years legal proceedings were issued; and in how many such claims (a) damages payments were made, (b) the issue of proceedings has been required in order to obtain court approval of the settlement and (c) damages payments were not made.

Answer

NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.

NHS Resolution has provided the following information:

The following table shows the number of litigated clinical claims closed 2012/13 to 2016/17 as at the end of each respective closure year:

Year of Closure

With Damages

Nil Damages

Total

2012/13

2,009

723

2,732

2013/14

2,202

740

2,942

2014/15

2,291

771

3,062

2015/16

2,514

797

3,311

2016/17

3,217

1,017

4,234

It is not possible to say which of these claims required court approval of the settlement, because NHS Resolution does not record this information in a way that can be easily or quickly extracted.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
144836
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Damages Civil proceedings NHS Negligence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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