NHS: Negligence
(asked on 27th January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 22 January (HL258), whether they can provide the information set out in Figure 3 on page 37 of the NHS Resolution Annual report and accounts 2018/19, published on 11 July 2019, in respect of clinical negligence cases only.
NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.
The following table shows settled clinical negligence claims in financial years 2017/18 and 2018/19.
Financial Year | Settlement Type | Number of claims settled with damages | Number of claims settled with no damages | % damages | % No damages |
2017/18 | No proceedings | 3,932 | 4,119 | 3,932 (33.1%) | 4,119 (34.6%) |
2018/19 | No proceedings | 4,015 | 3,858 | 4,015 (35.2%) | 3,858 (33.8%) |
2017/18 | Proceedings | 2,989 | 780 | 2,989 (25.1%) | 780 (6.6%) |
2018/19 | Proceedings | 2,872 | 615 | 2,872 (25.2%) | 615 (5.4%) |
2017/18 | Trial | 28 | 48 | 28 (0.2%) | 48 (0.4%) |
2018/19 | Trial | 22 | 35 | 22 (0.2%) | 35 (0.3%) |
Note:
The percentage figures in the table may not add to exactly 100% due to rounding.