Health Services: Prisons
(asked on 15th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much compensation was paid to prisoners in respect of prison health issues in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
The following information is provided by NHS Resolution. These figures represent the amount of compensation paid to prisoners arising from negligent care or treatment provided by National Health Service organisations which are members of the NHS Resolution indemnity scheme. NHS Resolution members are not the sole providers of prison healthcare and hence the figures do not represent the total amount of compensation paid to prisoners.
Payment Year | Damages Paid (£) |
2008/09 | 32,000 |
2009/10 | 56,792 |
2010/11 | 26,389 |
2011/12 | 201,556 |
2012/13 | 104,105 |
2013/14 | 617,468 |
2014/15 | 202,627 |
2015/16 | 471,969 |
2016/17 | 360,325 |
Damages payments made in year to 2016/17 where the specialty is Her Majesty’s Prison medical/dental as at 31 December 2017.