Written question asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 July 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 3 August 2021. It was answered by Lord Bethell (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 July 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS: Negligence

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide the information set out in figure 16 on page 55 of the NHS Resolution annual report and accounts 2020/21 in respect of clinical negligence cases only for the year 2020/21.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Settlement type	Total number of clinical negligence claims	Number of claims settled with damages	Number of claims settled with No damages	Percentage of all claims settled, with damages	Percentage of all claims settled, no damages
No proceedings	8,941	4,568	4,373	37.94%	36.32%
Proceedings	3,066	2,478	588	20.58%	4.88%
Trial	34	10	24	0.08%	0.2%

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: HL2215
Session: 2021-22
Related items: NHS: Negligence
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: NHS Negligence
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk