NHS: Negligence
(asked on 28th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Shaughnessy on 27 March (HL6013), and in the light of the summary of the cause and injury codes used by the NHS Litigation Authority, what is the total number and value of claims associated with each code, suitably normalised and broken down into (1) cause and injury codes with 5 or more claims associated, (2) cause and injury codes with between 2 and 4 claims associated, (3) cause and injury codes with only 1 claim associated, and (4) cause and injury codes with no claim associated, for the last full financial year for which records are available.
The National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHS LA) has not undertaken any ad hoc analysis over the last five years to match claims or injury codes to particular diseases or broader activities.
Due to the large amount of data in relation to the cause and injury codes used in the NHS LA claims management system to identify five claims or more, this information is attached.
It is not possible to provide data on cause and injury codes with between two and four claims associated and with only one claim associated, as this could lead to the re-identification of an individual.
The following table shows the number of claims by primary cause codes with 0 claims associated for 2015 – 16.
Number of clinical negligence claims received 2015/16 by primary cause with total claim value as at 31 March 2016 | |
Primary Cause | Number of claims |
Electro convulsive therapy treatment | 0 |
Fail/Delay Avail Of SCBU Beds | 0 |
Fail/Delay Obtain Cord PH | 0 |
Incident In Community By absconding/discharge patients | 0 |
In hospital Maternal Death Post Partum Haemorrhage Caesarean Section | 0 |
Injury To Others By Patient | 0 |
Inpatient Suicide- Non Collapsible Rails | 0 |
Intravenous Administration of Misselec Concentrate Potassium Chloride | 0 |
Mendelsohn's Syndrome | 0 |
Unlawful Detention – mental Health | 0 |
Wrong Application Of Electrode | 0 |
Source : NHS LA
The following table shows the number of claims by primary injury code with 0 claims associated for 2015-16.
Number of clinical negligence claims received 2015/16 by primary injury with total claim value as at 31 March 2016 | |
Primary Injury | Number of claims |
Foetal Anti-Convulsant Syndrome. | 0 |
ISO Immunisation | 0 |
Klumpke's Paralysis | 0 |
Liver Transplant | 0 |
Pierced Ear Drum | 0 |
Stunted Growth | 0 |
Swine Flu | 0 |
Source: NHS LA