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Written question asked by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Monday, 18 May 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 June 2026 (named day). It was answered by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour) on Monday, 1 June 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS: Negligence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the total expenditure of the NHS on medical negligence claims in the 2025-26 financial year.

Answer

We have interpreted this request to mean total payments spent on clinical negligence claims. NHS Resolution manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England, and it publishes data for payments made under their clinical schemes in its Supplementary Annual Statistics, available at the following link:

https://resolution.nhs.uk/resources/annual-statistics/

The data includes the damages and legal costs paid up until 31 March 2025. The data for 2025/26 will not be available until later in 2026. Sheets 1 and 2 provide payments totals for each financial year, for clinical claims by damages value band and specialty. Payments include those raised against both claims that were closed or open at the end of each financial year.

Payments for clinical negligence claims can relate to incidents which occurred many years ago, and so payments for one claim can occur over multiple years. This may include interim payments made in any year before settlement or in the year of settlement. It may also include final compensation payments or periodical payments of damages in the year of settlement or years after settlement. It does not include future periodical payments on settled claims that are due after the end of 2024/25.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1886
Session
2026-27
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Expenditure NHS Negligence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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