NHS Trusts: Fines
(asked on 25th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the amount the Exchequer has received from fines against NHS trusts since 2020.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has criminal enforcement powers to fine a health or social care provider where they identify a breach of regulations. The CQC can directly serve a fixed penalty notice to a provider, or a fine may be issued by the court following prosecution brought by the CQC.
The size of the fine following prosecutions brought by the CQC is a decision made by the court and is informed by sentencing guidelines. The CQC does not have influence over this decision. The money raised by court fines is paid to HM Treasury. The following table shows the fines served by the court following prosecution brought by the CQC against National Health Service trusts since 2020:
Financial year | NHS trust name | Fine amount (£) |
2020/2021 | Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust | 1,600.00 |
2021/2022 | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust | 733,000.00 |
2021/2022 | The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust | 2,533,332.00 |
2021/2022 | United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust | 100,000.00 |
2022/2023 | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | 800,000.00 |
2022/2023 | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | 533,334.00 |
2022/2023 | The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust | 200,000.00 |
2022/2023 | Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust | 60,000.00 |
2022/2023 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 800,000.00 |
2022/2023 | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust | 200,000.00 |
2024/2025 | Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust | 140,000.00 |
2024/2025 | Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust | 60,000.00 |
2024/2025 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 100,000.00 |
2024/2025 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 300,000.00 |
2024/2025 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 100,000.00 |
2024/2025 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 300,000.00 |
2024/2025 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 100,000.00 |
2024/2025 | Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | 700,000.00 |
2025/2026 | University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust | 200,000.00 |
Note: where an NHS trust is fined more than once in a given fiscal year, the fines relate to individual cases.
Any fixed penalty paid to the CQC is passed on by the CQC to My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. The CQC transfers the penalties received to the Department on a quarterly basis. The following table shows the fixed penalty notices served by the CQC to NHS trusts since 2020:
Financial year | NHS trust name | Fine amount (£) |
2020/2021 | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | 4000.00 |
2020/2021 | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | 4000.00 |
2020/2021 | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust | 4000.00 |
2021/2022 | West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | 1250.00 |
2021/2022 | West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust | 1250.00 |
2021/2022 | Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | 1250.00 |
2022/2023 | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust | 1250.00 |
2022/2023 | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust | 1250.00 |
2022/2023 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | 4000.00 |
2022/2023 | University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | 4000.00 |
2023/2024 | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust | 4000.00 |
2023/2024 | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust | 4000.00 |
Note: where an NHS Trust is served a fixed penalty notice more than once in a given fiscal year, this could be due to multiple breaches of regulations.