Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England paid to cover clinical negligence claims, excluding legal costs, in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 2009-10.
The NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA) indemnifies National Health Service organisations in England and many independent sector providers of NHS care against claims.
The NHS LA handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of its members under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST). Currently, all NHS trusts in England are members of the CNST, along with 74 private providers.
The information is contained in the following table:
NHS LA Clinical Negligence Damages Expenditure 2009/10 - 2014/15
Financial year | Payment type | Total Clinical Negligence Expenditure £’000 |
2014/15 | Damages | 774,444 |
2013/14 | Damages | 840,752 |
2012/13 | Damages | 907,529 |
2011/12 | Damages | 929,607 |
2010/11 | Damages | 621,614 |
2009/10 | Damages | 556,670 |
Source: NHS LA
Note: The data provided is for damages expenditure relating solely to damages payments against known claims and ongoing periodical payments in each of the years quoted. It does not relate to claims settled in those years.