Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases there were involving the stillbirth, neonatal death or disability of a baby, or the disability of the mother or maternal death, in a multiple pregnancy by (1) hospital trust, and (2) region, in each of the last 10 years; and what was the total cost of settling claims dealt with by the NHS arising from these cases.

The information requested has been provided by the NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA). As the information is over a 10 year period it has been put into the attached spreadsheets, entitled:

1) Single pregnancy by Trust - will show the number of obstetrics claims involving a single birth pregnancy received by hospital trust for NHS LA notification years 04/05 to 13/14, as at 31/03/2014

2) Single pregnancy by Region - will show the number of obstetrics claims involving a single birth pregnancy received by region for NHSLA notification years 04/05 to 13/14, as at 31/03/2014

3) Multiple pregnancy by Region - will show the number of obstetrics claims involving a multiple birth pregnancy received by region for NHSLA notification years 04/05 to 13/14, as at 31/03/2014

4) Multiple pregnancy by Cause - will show the number of obstetrics claims involving a multiple birth pregnancy received by cause for NHSLA notification years 04/05 to 13/14, as at 31/03/2014

5) Multiple pregnancy by Trust - will show the number of obstetrics claims involving a multiple birth pregnancy received by hospital trust for NHSLA Notification years 04/05 to 13/14, as at 31/03/2014

It should be noted that where there are less than five claims in a cohort against a trust, an asterisk has been used in the spreadsheets, as the disclosure of such information could breach an individual’s confidentiality.