NHS: Negligence
(asked on 3rd November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much he has spent on NHS negligence claims over the last 12 months.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the NHS in England.
NHSR has provided the following information:
The total cost of clinical negligence claims in the financial year 2020/21 was £2,209.3 million. The table below shows the breakdown of these costs:
Cost | £ Million |
Damages Paid to Claimants | £1609.8m |
Claimant Legal Costs | £448.1m |
NHS Legal Costs | £151.4m |
TOTAL | £2209.3m |
Note: the latest figures available from NHS Resolution relate to the 2020/21 financial year.