NHS: Negligence

(asked on 5th September 2022) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, with reference to figure 8 in the NHS Resolution annual report and accounts 2021/22, whether they will specify the number of clinical negligence claims settled in the year 2021/22.

Answered by
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist Portrait
Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
Opposition Whip (Lords)
This question was answered on 26th September 2022

The following table shows the number of clinical negligence claims settled in 2021/22, whether damages were paid and the status of the proceedings of these claims.

No proceedings

Proceedings with no trial

Trial

Damages paid

4,555 claims

2,207 claims

11 claims

Nil damages

5,539 claims

739 Claims

19 claims

Source: NHS Resolution

Notes:

  1. The percentage figures in the table may not add to exactly 100% due to rounding.
  2. NHS Resolution has identified that the text accompanying figure 8 of the Annual Reports and Accounts refers to the percentage of clinical negligence claims that have resolved without damages in 2021/22 as 48.5%. The correct figure is 48.2%. NHS Resolution is arranging for an update to the amendments section of its annual report and accounts.
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