NHS: Negligence
(asked on 11th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on medication errors in each year from 2005 to 2019 inclusive.
NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.
NHS Resolution has provided the following information:
The following table shows the total value of payments made by NHS Resolution in respect of medication errors in financial years 2005/06 to 2019/20 on behalf of NHS organisations in England.
Financial Year |
|
|
| Costs (£) |
2005/06 |
|
|
| 6,343,218 |
2006/07 |
|
|
| 10,842,247 |
2007/08 |
|
|
| 6,697,492 |
2008/09 |
|
|
| 8,236,777 |
2009/10 |
|
|
| 11,331,735 |
2010/11 |
|
|
| 13,592,393 |
2011/12 |
|
|
| 14,034,990 |
2012/13 |
|
|
| 12,497,449 |
2013/14 |
|
|
| 12,781,351 |
2014/15 |
|
|
| 14,450,193 |
2015/16 |
|
|
| 13,113,869 |
2016/17 |
|
|
| 21,379,362 |
2017/18 |
|
|
| 25,847,450 |
2018/19 |
|
|
| 22,915,002 |
2019/20 |
|
|
| 24,299,533 |