Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the largest clinical negligence claim that has been paid in England.

NHS Resolution has advised that the largest clinical negligence claim that has been settled in England was for a capitalised sum of £37 million in November 2019. This was awarded to a young child left brain damaged at birth. It was settled on the basis of payment of a lump sum plus annual periodic payments for the rest of the claimant’s life.