Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, pursuant to section 2(4) of the Law Reform (Personal Injuries) Act 1948, how much was paid in damages for clinical negligence claims by both (1) settlement, and (2) judgment award, above what would have been paid in accordance with common law negligence principles of compensation in the last three years for which the information is available.

NHS Resolution handles clinical negligence claims on behalf of National Health Service organisations and independent sector providers of NHS care in England.

NHS Resolution does not hold the information requested and does not make estimates of how much the additional costs of section 2(4) are when settling the payment of clinical negligence claims.