Freedom of Information disclosure log

Orthopaedic Surgery Claims

Service: Claims Management Speciality: Orthopaedic Surgery

The following information was requested:

 

I would be most grateful if you could kindly provide the described data if possible please:

You mentioned that you would be able to provide high level data relating to the specialty Orthopaedic surgery. It could cover number of claims received for the specialty in the relevant financial years (2010 to 2020); a breakdown by primary injury; a breakdown by primary cause;

numbers settled; numbers with no damages paid and numbers currently open.

It would be great if you could include figures for Total amount paid out for damages, claimant and defence costs.

 

Ten legal firms received the most money

The following information was requested:

 

In the 2019-2020 financial year please state which ten legal firms received the most money from the NHSLA in relation to claimant costs for the clinical negligence scheme (CNST)? For each of the ten firms please state how much money they received in relation to claimant costs for the clinical negligence scheme (CNST) in the financial year? For each firm also please state how many claims this represents, and the damages that were paid in these cases.

All Clinical Schemes

The following information was requested:

The following requests are made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and are made in respect of each of the last 4 NHSR Accounting years. The requests are made in tabular form for ease and I should be grateful if your responses would, where figures are provided, be in the same tabular form.

In respect of each of the NHSR accounting years 16/17, 17/18, 18/19 and 19/20, in respect of all clinical schemed please provide:

 

Clinical negligence claims for private healthcare provider

The following information was requested:

The following requests are made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and are made in res ect of each of the last 4 NHSR Accounting years. The requests are made in tabular form for ease and I should be grateful if your responses would, where figures are provided, be in the same tabular form.

In respect of each of the NHSR accounting years 16/17, 17/18, 18/19 and 19/20, in respect of all claims where the treatment giving rise to the claim was provided by a private healthcare provider with the indemnity provided under one of the clinical negligence schemes please provide:

Clinical scheme for GPs

The following information was requested:

The following requests are made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The requests are mad  in tabular form for ease and I should be grateful if your responses would, where figures are provided, be in the same tabular form.

In respect of each of the NHSR accounting year 19/20, in respect of all clinical scheme for GPs, please provide:

Contract re counter fraud

The following information was requested:

 

1. What is your organisations current staff headcount?

2. What was your organisations annual budget for the financial year 2019-2020?

3. Does your organisation have or contract with a counter fraud specialist?

4. If yes to question 3, is this provision employed directly by your organisation, outsourced to a public sector provider or outsourced to a private sector provider?

5. What level of provision do you have to tackle fraud, bribery and corruption within your organisation (number of funded days a year)?

6. How many fraud, bribery or corruption referrals did your organisation receive specifically relating to fraud occurring within or against NHS Resolution during the financial year 2019-2020?

7. How many criminal investigations did your organisation carry out during the financial year 2019-2020 relating to fraud, bribery or corruption within or against NHS Resolution?

8. What was the fraud loss figure identified by your organisation during the financial year 2019- 2020?

9. How much of your identified fraud loss was recovered by your organisation during the financial year 2019-2020?

Second request to follow with questions 10 – 12

Part 2 of request:

10. How many criminal sanctions relating to fraud, bribery and corruption did your organisation apply specifically in relation to offences committed within or against NHS Resolution during the financial year 2019-2020?

11. How many disciplinary sanctions relating to fraud, bribery or corruption did your organisation apply specifically in relation to offences committed within or against NHS Resolution during the financial year 2019-2020?

12. What was the total cost of your organisations counter fraud staffing during 2019-2020?

Anaesthetists

Service: Claims Management Speciality: Anaesthesia

The following information was requested:

Can you please tell me how many claims have been brought against anaesthetists for this rather specific indication: the performance of an epidural during labour that (a) the patient later

claims was performed without valid consent, and (b) where injury occurred?

If this is too specific, perhaps you could tell me how many claims were brought against anaesthetists for negligence to consent appropriately?

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