NHS: Compensation
(asked on 26th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of compensation payments made by NHS trusts and foundation trusts is in 2016-17 to date; and what such payments were in each of the previous three years.
The following table shows the total cost of compensation payments made by National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts for the last three years. The most recent published accounts are for 2015-16.
Year | NHS trusts and foundation trusts |
2015-16 | £1,442,815,487 |
2014-15 | £1,116,026,687 |
2013-14 | £1,130,619,267 |
Total | £3,689,461,441 |
Source: NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) January 2017
The information is also available at the website below:
http://www.nhsla.com/Pages/Publications.aspx?library=currentactivity%7cfactsheets%7cfactsheet5trustandhealthauthorityclaimsdata
The number of claims/potential claims notified to the NHS LA in a given year and the amounts paid out in that year do not necessarily relate to the same cohort of claims. Payments made in one year may relate to claims notified in earlier financial years, particularly where claims are large or complex. Similarly, claims and potential claims notified to the NHS LA in that given year may not be settled in that year.