Employee pay award_FOI_7993
The following information was requested:
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the most recently implemented employee pay award within your organisation.
Please provide the following information:
1) The percentage pay increase that was implemented for employees under the latest pay award.
2) If different percentage increases were applied to different grades, pay bands, or employee groups, please provide the percentage increase applicable to each.
3) The date on which the pay award was formally implemented.
4) If the pay award was backdated, please provide:
The effective date from which the pay increase was backdated.
The date on which the backdated payment was made to employees.
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Learning from Claims – Cauda Equina webinar_FOI_7982
The following information was requested:
I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning the NHS
Resolution webinar entitled “Learning from claims – Cauda Equina Syndrome”, held on 4
August 2020.
Please provide:
1. The event agenda or programme.
2. The names and organisations of the speakers, chair and panel members.
3. The organisations represented by attendees.
4. Confirmation of whether any representatives of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch attended or registered for the webinar.
5. If HSIB representatives attended, their names and job titles, or their job titles and teams if names are withheld.
6. Confirmation of whether NHS Resolution still holds the webinar recording, transcript, chat log or question-and-answer record.
If any information is withheld, please identify the exemption relied upon and provide the
remaining non-exempt information.
Query re press release – diabetic related amputations (FOI_7929)
The following information was requested:
I would like to request information relating to amputations due to clinical negligence and more specifically those related to diabetes.
Stephensons solicitors published FOI data on their website – link here: nhs-pays-out-22-million-in-amputation-claims-amid-alarming-rise
I tried to find the FOI response on the NHS Resolution disclosure log but was unable to locate it.
Could you please confirm the figures below are correct and if possible, send me the corresponding FOI response. If you are unable to find the Stephensons FOI, confirmation or the correct numbers is sufficient. Please don’t delay responding on the basis of finding the original FOI. (…)
[clarified on 4 June 2026]
Could you please confirm what the total related legal costs for the following (as per the numbers in my original request) –
– Financial year 2024/2025 – £22 million in compensation paid by the NHS to patients who underwent amputations due to clinical negligence
What is the total for related legal costs?
– Financial year 2023/2024 – £15 million in compensation to patients who underwent amputations due to clinical negligence
What is the total for related legal costs?
– Between 2017 – 2022 – NHS Resolution settled 605 amputation-related claims totalling £189 million
What is the total for related legal costs?
Medication errors in Anaesthesia_FOI_7969
The following information was requested and clarified:
Thank you for considering the following requests:
1. Medication errors in anaesthesia (general category)
The number of clinical negligence claims recorded where the primary or a contributing factor is coded as a medication error occurring in an anaesthetic or peri-operative context. The total value of damages paid for these claims.
2. Inadvertent administration of neuromuscular blocking (paralysing) agents
The number of claims specifically involving the inadvertent, accidental, or wrong-drug administration of a neuromuscular blocking agent (e.g. rocuronium, atracurium, cisatracurium, suxamethonium, vecuronium), including administration in error in place of a different intended drug. The total and average value of damages paid for these claims.
3. Accidental awareness under general anaesthesia (AAGA)
The number of claims specifically relating to accidental awareness under general anaesthesia. The total and average value of damages paid for these claims.
Where recorded, any indication of whether the claim was associated with a neuromuscular blocking agent administration error or other medication-related cause (as distinct from anaesthetic depth/monitoring causes).
Claims for selected specialties_FOI_7966
The following information was requested and clarified:
If held electronically and retrievable through reasonable searches, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information for clinical negligence claims received between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2026:
1. The number of clinical negligence claims in which the following terms appear within the claim summary, allegation, case description, or other searchable fields:
o “Fitzpatrick”
o “skin phototype”
o “skin colour”
o “skin color”
o “skin tone”
o “skin pigmentation”
o “pigmentation”
o “melanin”
o “Monk Skin Tone”
o “Individual Typology Angle”
o “ITA”
o Eumelanin Human Skin Colour Scale
o EHSCS
2. For each search term, please provide:
o the number of claims identified;
o the clinical specialty (where recorded);
o the year the claim was received; and
o the status of the claim (closed or open), if available.
3. If any validated skin colour assessment tool is routinely recorded within NHS Resolution’s databases, please provide the name of the relevant data field(s) and any guidance governing their use.
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Average time to settle CNST maternity claims with damages paid_FOI_7962
The following information was requested:
[This request is a follow up request to FOI_7470_Average-time-to-settle-CNST-claims-with-damages-paid.pdf ]
NHSR previously provided the attached information [reference to FOI_7470] about the average time it takes to settle clinical negligence claims in days, in successful claims broken down by value band.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide an updated version of this table which includes this data only for maternity claims for 2024/25. For clarity, maternity claims include both obstetrics claims and neo-natal claims.
Recruitment and Resourcing Function (FOI_7955)
The following information was requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am writing to request information regarding your trust’s resourcing function and setup, specifically concerning Agenda for Change (AFC) recruitment.
Please provide insight and data regarding the following points:
Resourcing Structure and Staffing Levels: What are the current staffing levels within your recruitment/resourcing team? Please provide the total number of Whole Time Equivalents (WTE) broken down by:
Recruitment/Resourcing Administrators and Coordinators (Bands 3–4)
Resourcing Managers and Team Leaders (Bands 5–7)
If you are a Resourcing Hub – please list each TRUST and include the above info.
Automation: Do you currently utilise automation or robotic process automation (RPA) within your recruitment/pre-employment processes? If yes, please specify which elements or steps of the pipeline are automated (e.g., automated interview scheduling, pre-employment check reminders).
Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) Process: For candidates requiring a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS), at what stage of the pre-employment pipeline do you assign the certificate? Specifically:
Do you assign the CoS at the very start of the employment checks process? Or do you wait until all other mandatory pre-employment checks (such as references, DBS, Occupational Health clearances, and Right to Work/ID verification) have been successfully received and cleared?
Claims in orthopaedic surgery last 5 years (FOI_7957)
The following information was requested:
Please provide the following information:
1. The number of claims made, each year, for the past 5 years, following orthopaedic surgery in
general and specifically after total hip or knee replacement please.
2. The total value of claims each year.
3. The total value of settlement for each of the years.
(Please see the attached PDF for clarification.)
