NHS: Negligence
(asked on 11th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical negligence cases with a value of damages less than £25,000 there have been in each of the last five years in which (a) costs exceeded damages and (b) costs were challenged.
The question has been interpreted that by medical negligence they mean clinical negligence. The Department does not hold the requested data; it has been sourced from the NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA).
The table below shows the number of clinical negligence claims closed in each of the last five years with a value of damages less than £25,000 in which costs exceeded damages.
Year of Closure | Total Number Clinical Negligence Claims |
2010/11 | 1,588 |
2011/12 | 1,785 |
2012/13 | 1,925 |
2013/14 | 2,185 |
2014/15 | 2,417 |
Source: NHS LA
Date: 13 January 2016
In all cases claimant costs were challenged.