Diathermy burns & Hospital acquired infection (FOI_6813)

Freedom of information request details

FOI request date:

Service: Claims Management Cause: Diathermy Burns/react. To Prep, Failed Infection Control Policy/Hospital Hygiene Injury: Hospital Acquired Infection

The following information was requested:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, could NHS Resolution provide the following information.

• The total number of claims made to NHS Resolution between 2019 and 2024 relating to infections resultant from surgery or surgical site infection (SSI).
• The number of successful claims made to NHS resolution between 2019 and 2024 relating to infections resultant from surgery or surgical site infection (SSI).
• The total value (£s) of successful claims paid out by NHS resolutions between 2019 and 2024 relating to infections resultant from surgery or surgical site infection (SSI).
• The total number of disciplinary actions taken against NHS staff as a result of successful claims to NHS resolution between 2019 and 2024 relating to infections resultant from surgery or surgical site infection (SSI).

(Clarified on 28 October 2024)

• The total number of claims made to NHS Resolution between 2019 and 2024 relating to learning ‘cause’ code “diathermy burns/ react. To prep”, “Failed Infection Control Policy/Hospital Hygiene”, and injury “hospital acquired infections”.

• The number of successful claims made to NHS resolution between 2019 and 2024 relating to learning ‘cause’ code “diathermy burns/ react. To prep”, “Failed Infection Control Policy/Hospital Hygiene”, and injury “hospital acquired infections”.

• The total value (£s) of successful claims paid out by NHS resolutions between 2019 and 2024 relating to learning ‘cause’ code “diathermy burns/ react. To prep”, “Failed Infection Control Policy/Hospital Hygiene”, and injury “hospital acquired infections”.

• The total number of disciplinary actions taken against NHS staff as a result of successful claims to NHS resolution between 2019 and 2024 relating learning ‘cause’ code “diathermy burns/ react. To prep”, “Failed Infection Control Policy/Hospital Hygiene”, and injury “hospital acquired infections”.

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