Obstetrics & Neonatal brain injury (FOI_7510)

Freedom of information request details

FOI request date:

Service: Claims Management Injury: Brain Damage, Cerebral Palsy, Hypoxia Specialty: Obstetrics

The following information was requested:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I kindly request the following data for obstetric negligence claims resulting in neonatal brain injury (including hypoxic–ischaemic encephalopathy and cerebral palsy), for claims notified and settled between financial years 2017/18 and 2024/25:

The age of the child at claim notification is categorised into the following bands:
0–2 years
3–5 years
6–11 years
12–15 years
16–18 years
Over 18 years

The age of the child at settlement, using the same age bands.

Median and interquartile ranges for:
Time from incident (birth) to notification of claim.
Time from the incident (birth) to the settlement of the claim.
If available, anonymised breakdown by ethnicity of the mother/child.

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