Solicitors hourly rates
The following information was requested:
The solicitors hourly rates awarded by courts after 1st January 2012 both at first instance and on appeal in relation to detailed assessments of costs for work done for receiving parties during the period 01.01.2009 to date on maternity and other cerebral palsy/brain injury cases against NHS defendants where the damages recovered, either by way of lump sum and/or when capitalised, actually or potentially exceed £5,000,000.
Would you please provide that information setting out in respect of each such Court award of which you are aware or have access to the following details:-
a. Court and Judge name;
b. Date of award;
c. Damages recovered;
d. Hourly rates allowed by Grade of fee earner [as graded in the Guide to the Summary Assessment of Costs];
e. The period/s for or in respect of which those hourly rates were awarded; and
f. Receiving parties’ solicitors locality band – whether London 1, 2 or 3 or National 1 or 2.
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Failure to Warn in Acute Trusts
The following information was requested:
Please could you send me the following information for Acute NHS Trusts in England:
1. The number of currently-outstanding litigation claims with a primary cause code of “Failure to Warn”.
2. NHSR’s professional actuaries’ estimation of the amount to be paid out, in the event that these claims are unsuccessfully defended.
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Iatrogenic Air Embolism
The following information was requested:
We are doing a piece of work looking at iatrogenic air embolism and are attempting to find information regarding any statistics regarding claims for these kind of incidents – would you be able to assist or put me in contact with someone who may have information.
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Structure chart of Estates and Facilities
The following information was requested:
Please could you provide a structure chart of your Estates and Facilities/Ancillary departments via email, where possible including the names of each staff member.
Errors in Anaesthetics
The following information was requested:
Litigation costs of medical negligence claims specifically due to errors in anaesthetics. Would it be possible to request the data for a 5 year period? Previously the data had only included the
settlement amounts paid to patients, is it possible to gain information about the legal costs to the NHS? Lawyer fees, court costs, time spent etc.?
Previously the data you sent had classified the data by cause; drug error, awareness, difficult airway etc. Is it possible to do so again?
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Windows 10 desktop migration
The following information was requested:
1. Who is responsible for your Windows 10 desktop migration? Name/Role and contact details if available.
2. How many end users do you have across the Trust?
3. How many Windows end point devices do you have?
4. Roughly what % are running on Windows 7?
5. Does the Trust still use Java and Internet Explore based applications?
6. Is the Trust Cyber Essentials Plus accredited?
7. Does the Trust have devices that still require Windows 7 technology to work such as scanners and printers?
8. Who is responsible for IT Security? Name / Role and contact details if available.
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Gynaecology
The following information was requested:
We would like to carry out a retrospective service evaluation of women who have made gynaecology litigation claims registered in the U.K between 2006 and 2018 by collecting data from NHS Resolution of all the claims made and categorised under ‘gynaecology’. Those cases related to early pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and abortion) will be filtered and examined for the number of claims made, the details of why it was made and the outcome. A comparison will be made of the results prior to- and after 2012 to examine the effect, if any, of the NICE guidelines.
With the increasing emphasis on ultrasound based diagnosis and conservative management in the 2012 NICE guidelines, the aim is to establish the rate, cause and outcome of clinical negligence claims in early pregnancy and the effect of any change associated with the publication of the guideline. We would also hope that by looking at trends in our subspecialty, we can disseminate our findings with the aim of raising awareness and improving care.
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Cauda Equina Syndrome
The following information was requested:
I would like to know the number of legal claims with ‘Cauda Equina’ in the Incident Description field for the following years; 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. Including data for open, closed, confirmed and potential claims.
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