Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there have been any cases brought against the NHS during the past five years that have referenced (1) anticoagulation, (2) warfarin, or (3) non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants; and if so, how many of those cases were successful and what were the damages awarded.

NHS Resolution (NHSR) provides indemnity cover for negligence claims against the NHS in England on behalf of member organisations. NHSR has provided the following information.

The number of clinical claims received from 2012/13 to 2016/17 and payments made on successful cases where 'anticoagulation', ‘Warfarin’ or 'Non-Vitamin K antagonist' is mentioned in the incident details as at 31 August 2017 is shown in the attached table.

Where a claim has been settled by way of a Periodical Payment Order the total value of the damages paid will not be realised until the patient dies. The information in the tables only includes payments to date on such cases.