CIO Directorate Org Chart (FOI_8013)
The following information was requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
An organisation chart that stems from the Chief Information Officer at the top, which outlines
every role title within the CIO’s directorate, which roles connect to one another in reporting
structure etc, and each role’s band.
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Dermatology (FOI_8010)
The following information was requested:
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.Please could you provide the following information regarding claims against NHS Trusts for Dermatology.
I note the response to FOI_7798 (19 March 2026), which contains information relevant to this request. We are seeking a more detailed breakdown, particularly regarding the diagnosis involved and the point within the dermatology pathway at which the incident occurred. If possible, we would be grateful to receive the underlying data in its raw format.
1. Dermatology litigation claims
Please provide details of clinical negligence claims relating to dermatology and skin lesions for each financial year from 2018 onwards, including, where available:
• NHS trust or organisation against which the claim was made.
• Financial year of the incident and/or claim.
• Brief description of the incident or claim category.
• Diagnosis or condition involved (where recorded), for example melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, benign skin lesion or inflammatory skin disease.
• The stage of the patient pathway to which the claim relates (where recorded), for example referral, Advice and Guidance, triage, outpatient assessment, biopsy, surgery, histopathology, follow-up or discharge.
• Whether the claim related to diagnosis, delayed diagnosis, misdiagnosis, treatment, follow-up, surgery, pathology, communication or another category (where recorded).
• Current status of the claim (open or closed).
• Outcome of the claim.
• Damages paid.
• Defence costs.
• Claimant costs.
• Total cost of the claim.
2. Independent sector providers
Where held, please provide the same information for independent sector providers covered by NHS Resolution schemes.
(Please, see attached PDF for clarification.)
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Employee pay award_FOI_7993
The following information was requested:
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the most recently implemented employee pay award within your organisation.
Please provide the following information:
1) The percentage pay increase that was implemented for employees under the latest pay award.
2) If different percentage increases were applied to different grades, pay bands, or employee groups, please provide the percentage increase applicable to each.
3) The date on which the pay award was formally implemented.
4) If the pay award was backdated, please provide:
The effective date from which the pay increase was backdated.
The date on which the backdated payment was made to employees.
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Total legal costs on clinical negligence in England (FOI_7994)
The following information was requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request information regarding total government spending on legal fees and expenses relating to clinical negligence claims in England.
Please note that this request relates exclusively to legal costs/fees and disbursements and explicitly excludes any damages or compensation payouts made to claimants.
For each of the last two financial years (2023/24 and 2024/25), please provide:
1. Total Claimant Legal Costs: The total amount paid out by NHS Resolution in relation to claimant legal fees, disbursements, and expenses across all clinical negligence schemes.
2. Total Defence / NHS Legal Costs: The total amount spent by NHS Resolution / NHS trusts on defence legal fees, disbursements, and associated legal representation across all clinical negligence schemes.
3. Breakdown by Scheme: A breakdown of the above claimant and defence legal costs, where held, by individual scheme (e.g., Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST), Existing Liabilities Scheme (ELS), etc.).
4. Disbursements Breakdown: Where recorded separately, a breakdown of total expenditure on expert witness fees or other non-solicitor disbursements included within overall legal cost expenditure.
If any part of this request exceeds the cost or time limit under Section 12 of the FOI Act, please prioritize Questions 1 and 2.
Learning from Claims – Cauda Equina webinar_FOI_7982
The following information was requested:
I am making a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 concerning the NHS
Resolution webinar entitled “Learning from claims – Cauda Equina Syndrome”, held on 4
August 2020.
Please provide:
1. The event agenda or programme.
2. The names and organisations of the speakers, chair and panel members.
3. The organisations represented by attendees.
4. Confirmation of whether any representatives of the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch attended or registered for the webinar.
5. If HSIB representatives attended, their names and job titles, or their job titles and teams if names are withheld.
6. Confirmation of whether NHS Resolution still holds the webinar recording, transcript, chat log or question-and-answer record.
If any information is withheld, please identify the exemption relied upon and provide the
remaining non-exempt information.
Query re press release – diabetic related amputations (FOI_7929)
The following information was requested:
I would like to request information relating to amputations due to clinical negligence and more specifically those related to diabetes.
Stephensons solicitors published FOI data on their website – link here: nhs-pays-out-22-million-in-amputation-claims-amid-alarming-rise
I tried to find the FOI response on the NHS Resolution disclosure log but was unable to locate it.
Could you please confirm the figures below are correct and if possible, send me the corresponding FOI response. If you are unable to find the Stephensons FOI, confirmation or the correct numbers is sufficient. Please don’t delay responding on the basis of finding the original FOI. (…)
[clarified on 4 June 2026]
Could you please confirm what the total related legal costs for the following (as per the numbers in my original request) –
– Financial year 2024/2025 – £22 million in compensation paid by the NHS to patients who underwent amputations due to clinical negligence
What is the total for related legal costs?
– Financial year 2023/2024 – £15 million in compensation to patients who underwent amputations due to clinical negligence
What is the total for related legal costs?
– Between 2017 – 2022 – NHS Resolution settled 605 amputation-related claims totalling £189 million
What is the total for related legal costs?
Questions David Lock KC put to NHSR and responses (FOI_7974)
The following information was requested:
In your latest annual report 2025/26 you say that you are supporting the work of David Lock KC. Please provide details of all requests or questions that David Lock KC has to put to NHSR along with your responses or other written information or advice that you have supplied to him.
Claims for fail to warn – informed consent in UHSFT and Predecessors (FOI_7972)
The following information was requested:
This request concerns clinical negligence claims held on your Claims Management System that
involve an allegation of failure to warn / informed consent (cause code “Failure/Fail to Warn –
Informed Consent”), in respect of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (RYR)
and the predecessor organisations now consolidated within it: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust (RYR) and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (RXH).
Please include claims recorded under the predecessor organisation codes where the incident
pre-dates the 1 April 2021 merger, so that the trust’s full inherited exposure is captured.
For each financial year from 2015/16 to the most recent complete year, reported by the date
each claim was notified to NHS Resolution (please confirm which date field you have used), I
would be grateful for the following.
Please report two populations separately:
A. claims where informed consent is recorded as the principal (primary) cause; and
B. claims where informed consent is recorded in any position (principal, secondary or
contributory).
Within each population, split by claim status (open / closed), please provide:
1. the number of claims;
2. total damages paid to date;
3. total claimant legal costs paid;
4. total defendant legal costs paid;
5. for open claims, the current total estimated value (payments to date plus outstanding gross
reserve).
If readily available within the appropriate cost limit, I would also welcome (6) a breakdown by
clinical specialty and (7) an indication of whether each claim related to elective or emergency
treatment. I recognise these last two may not be reliably coded; please treat them as severable
and answer the remainder if they would cause difficulty.
