Clinical negligence funding (FOI_7766)
The following information was requested:
In each of the last five years for which figures are available, how many clinical negligence cases brought against the NHS in England were funded by:
- a conditional fee agreement;
- legal aid; or
- by some other form of funding.
How many cases in each of these categories resulted in a compensation payment
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Software based data erasure of end of life IT equipment (FOI_7764)
The following information was requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following recorded information held by your organisation regarding assurance processes for software based data erasure of end of life IT equipment.
For clarity, this request relates specifically to the erasure of storage media associated with end of life hardware such as laptops, desktops, servers, storage arrays, or other data bearing IT equipment. It does not relate to operational deletion of data within live systems, routine account management, or DSP Toolkit self assessment processes.
Physical destruction methods such as shredding, crushing, degaussing, or disintegration are outside the scope of this request. This request concerns software based erasure only.
This request seeks to distinguish between confirmation that an erasure process was carried out and recorded evidence demonstrating that the final data state of a specific storage device is irrecoverable. I am not seeking technical configuration detail or security sensitive information, only the recorded assurance basis relied upon when concluding that personal data has been rendered irrecoverable.
Please confirm:
1) Whether your organisation’s policies, contractual terms, or internal procedures require an explicit outcome based warranty or guarantee that personal data on a specific storage device has been rendered irrecoverable as a final data state following software based erasure.
2) Where software based erasure of storage media is undertaken internally, what recorded evidential assurance is relied upon to conclude that the final data state of the specific storage device is irrecoverable, as distinct from confirmation that an erasure process was executed.
3) Where software based erasure is undertaken by a third party provider:
a. Do the certificates or contractual documents held constitute an explicit outcome based warranty or guarantee of irrecoverability for each specific storage device processed?
b. Beyond reliance on supplier accreditation or recognised standards including but not limited to ADISA certification, ISO accreditation, NIST alignment, HMG IA standards, NHS Digital guidance, or Data Security and Protection Toolkit assertions, and beyond confirmation that a wiping process was completed, does the organisation hold any recorded, device specific documentation evidencing independent verification, testing, or validation that the data on the storage media has been rendered irrecoverable in practice?
4) If no explicit outcome based warranty or device specific outcome evidence is held beyond certification, accreditation, or confirmation of process completion, please confirm what recorded form of evidential assurance is relied upon when concluding that personal data has been rendered irrecoverable.
Large Payouts_FOI_7763
The following information was requested and clarified:
Could you help with the following questions please:
How many claims per year for the last ten years are over £3m?
How many/what percentage of those are to people that have not survived?
Is it possible this has all been dealt with privately and not through NHS Resolution?
What percentage of claims go to court?
How likely is it NHS Resolution would need to delay payment into the next financial year, are there sufficient cash reserves to pay it this year?
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Compartment Syndrome (FOI_7757)
The following information was requested:
1.1. For each financial year from 2015/16 to 2024/25, please provide the number of cases coded with acute compartment syndrome (including relevant ICD-10/OPCS codes).
1.2. For the same period, please provide the number of cases coded as delayed diagnosis, missed compartment syndrome, diagnostic delay, or equivalent, broken down into causes.
2.1. For all acute compartment syndrome cases in each year, please provide the time from first clinical presentation to formal diagnosis, and subsequent time to decompression.
Please provide 30-day readmission rates and 90-day mortality for those delayed/missed cases
For cases identified as delayed or missed compartment syndrome, please provide annual numbers of cases with any of the following outcomes:
fasciotomy performed
amputation
permanent neurological deficit
thromboembolic complication
Please provide the value of each claim and a summary of the causation.
(Please, see attached PDF for clarification.)
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Follow up query-Claims re maternity and obstetrics in Oxford University Hospital and University Hospital Sussex (FOI_7756)
The following information was requested:
This is a follow up to FOI_7711
Looking at the breakdown by injury, you’ve listed baby loss, stillbirth and then there’s fatality – please can you confirm whether that means maternal death?
You also requested:
The figures in this FOI don’t match the amounts that appear on your website under Factbook 5 spreadsheets and I don’t understand why?
Just as a comparison, these are the figures I get for total paid for obstetrics compensation on NHS Resolution’s website for Oxford University Hospitals Trust:
24/25 – £16,689,318
23/24 – £12,353,094
22/23 – £16, 878,015
21/22 – £19,211,962 – interestingly the FOI doesn’t give a total for that year
20/21 – £6,919,868
These aren’t the same amounts detailed in the FOI, please can you explain why?
Early Notification and Maternity Incentive Scheme_FOI_7752
The following information was requested:
For your reference, page 32 of the following NHSR document states that “we will share 100% of concerns derived from Early Notification and Maternity Incentive Scheme cases with the national maternity safety group at least quarterly”.
https://resolution.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/4211_NHSR_Business-Plan_V6-DV0.13-Access-FINAL.pdf
Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide these concerns which have been shared with the national maternity safety group since April 2017.
Early Notification_FOI_7751
The following information was requested:
NHSR previously provided the attached information [reference to FOI_7072-Early-Notification.pdf] on Early Notification Scheme (ENS). This information covered the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2024.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, could you please provide the same information for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2025.
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Missed Diagnosis of Brain Haemorrhage (FOI_7749)
The following information was requested:
In a previous FoI response [Ref: 6916] you provided a range of tables relating to compensation in relation to missed diagnoses of brain haemorrhages.
With reference to that response could you provide me with an updated version of Table 2 which would now include data from the 2024/25 financial year?
