Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was paid in compensation for claims in maternity cases by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in each of the last five years; and how many such claims are outstanding.
The table below shows payments made on Maternity Clinical Negligence Claims against Barking Havering and Redbridge from 2009/10 to 2014/15 as at 31 May 2015
Payment Year | Damages Paid | Defence Costs Paid | Claimant Costs Paid | Total Amount Paid |
2009/10 | £2,945,024 | £359,495 | £777,067 | £4,081,586 |
2010/11 | £3,814,530 | £270,011 | £740,122 | £4,824,663 |
2011/12 | £7,061,628 | £369,699 | £851,960 | £8,283,287 |
2012/13 | £7,524,775 | £321,533 | £1,478,348 | £9,324,656 |
2013/14 | £3,943,548 | £255,823 | £719,500 | £4,918,871 |
Number of outstanding maternity claims : | 41 |
Source: NHS Litigation Authority
Date: June 2015
The table below shows the payments made on Clinical Negligence Claims against Barking Havering and Redbridge 2009/10 to 2014/15 as at 31 May 2015
Payment Year | Damages Paid | Defence Costs Paid | Claimant Costs Paid | Total Amount Paid |
2009/10 | £9,280,196 | £1,230,552 | £2,363,201 | £12,873,949 |
2010/11 | £11,162,024 | £927,242 | £2,849,507 | £14,938,773 |
2011/12 | £16,729,679 | £1,113,497 | £3,916,178 | £21,759,354 |
2012/13 | £12,733,964 | £953,006 | £4,698,039 | £18,385,009 |
2013/14 | £10,551,781 | £839,209 | £2,117,563 | £13,508,552 |
Number of outstanding clinical negligence claims: | 230 |
Source: NHS Litigation Authority
Date: June 2015