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The following information was requested:
1. How many medical negligence claims have been settled, between 2019 and 2024, relating to errors involving medication by each of the following health trusts:
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust
This may include, as defined by the NHS, the prescribing / dispensing / administering / monitoring or the provision of advice on medicines).
2.Of those cases settled in the last five years can you tell me the total amount of compensation paid by each health trust as well as the total cost of the Trust’s legal fees and those of claimants.
3. In cases of medication errors, where cases have been settled between 2019 and 2024, can you please tell me a person’s primary injury and the reason for their medical negligence complaint. For example:
- Unnecessary pain
- Death
- Psychiatric/psychological damageThrombosis/Embolism
- Stroke
- Anaphylactic shock or allergic reaction
- Cardiac arrest
- Additiona/unnecessary operations
- Other
(Clarified on 7 May 2025.)
We think that the following Cause codes may be of interest to you, in addition to Medication errors:
- Err with Agnt/Dose/Route/Selec
- Incorrect injection site
- IntravAdminMisselecConcentrPotassChlor
- Wrong route Admin of Chemo
Download this information request [Information request for Medication Errors (FOI_7204)]
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