Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust contribution (FOI_7503)
The following information was requested:
Can you please tell me the current annual insurance premium paid by the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust for inclusion in the CNST scheme? If this is divided into departments I would like to know the amount of the premium for maternity and neonatal care.
I would also be grateful if you could tell me how many birth-related compensation cases are outstanding for birth/maternal injuries at the OUH? We have been told 71 claims involving birth injuries were lodged between 2020 – 2025 and 32 of these have been settled. How many have been dismissed and how many are awaiting greed settlement?
(Please, see clarification in the attached PDF.)
Employment-related settlements (FOI_7501)
The following information was requested:
I am requesting the following under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, relating to employment-related claims and settlements.
Please provide the data for the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and during 2025-26 (up to the time this FOI has been acknowledged).
Questions:
1. The number of employment-related claims or grievances raised by current or former staff which resulted in a financial settlement or payment made by the organisation.
2. The total amount paid in respect to said settlements, broken down by each financial year.
3. If the organisation records the nature of these claims, please provide any available breakdown by the following categories:
• Bullying and harassment
• Discrimination (age, disability, race, sex, sexual orientation or gender reassignment, religion or belief)
• Equal pay
• Redundancy
• Unfair or constructive dismissal
• Whistleblowing or public interest disclosures
4. Where separately recorded, the legal or external advisory costs incurred in relation to those claims (e.g., including but not limited to legal fees), for each year.
[Clarified on 28 October 2025]
The FOI relates to NHS Resolution, the organisation itself, rather than NHS trusts in general.
Gender breakdown information (FOI_7499)
The following information was requested:
I am writing to request data regarding the gender breakdown of clinical negligence claims in England and Wales.
Specifically, I am interested in understanding:
- The percentage of claims brought by women over the past 5 years.
- Any available breakdown by medical specialty (e.g., obstetrics, gynaecology, general surgery).
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Claims for trust in Essex and East Anglia regions (FOI_7496)
The following information was requested:
I would like to make a Freedom of Information Act request regarding the number and value of medical negligence claims made against NHS Trusts in the Essex and East Anglia regions.
For the purposes of this request, “Essex and East Anglia” refers to the following NHS trusts (or their predecessors/successors):
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- East Suffolk and North East Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
I would be grateful if you could provide, for each financial year from 2015/2016 to the most recent available year, the following information relating to medical negligence claims handled by NHS Resolution for NHS trusts and healthcare providers based in Essex and East Anglia:
- Number of new clinical claims received each year.
- Total value of damages paid each year.
- The most common causes or categories of clinical claims (e.g. obstetrics, surgery, emergency medicine) each year.
- A breakdown of the value of different categories of clinical claims (e.g. obstetrics, surgery, emergency medicine) each year.
- A breakdown by NHS trust or healthcare provider, where possible.
(Please, see clarification in the attached PDF.)
Obstetrics Claims (FOI_7484)
The following information was requested:
Please provide the following:
10 highest Maternity negligence payouts by value for the period of August 2015 to August 2025
Please include the following in your response:
- the reason for the claim
- date when the claim was settled
- the claim value
If you intend to withhold any information, please clearly state:
- Which exemption you are relying upon;
- The reasons why the exemption applies; and
- Whether you are applying a public interest test.
(Please, see attached PDF for clarification.)
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Neurology Recall (FOI_7486)
The following information was requested:
Please provide, for 1 January 2015 to present, copies of:
1. Correspondence, briefing notes, minutes, or legal-strategy documents referencing the Northern Ireland Neurology Recall, patient-litigation handling, cross-border indemnity arrangements, or coordination with the Belfast Trust, DoH (NI), DHSC, or Government Legal Department.
2. Any internal guidance or risk assessments concerning these claims (including settlement frameworks or expert-appointment protocols).
3. Names/titles of NHS Resolution staff or case-officers assigned to neurology-recall claims and any relevant terms of reference.
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CNST claims for York and 4 other trusts (FOI_7482)
The following information was requested:
Can i request a data extract of all CNST settled claims for York and Scarborough
hospital TRUST and 5 other trusts of a similar size. Can I have the data shown per speciality for the past 3 years please.
For the other trusts, if I could get data for the following:
• Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
• Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust
• Hull University teaching Hospital Trust
• Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
If we could get the number of claims, and cost information broken down by
speciality that would be great.
Practitioner Performance Advice – OAR (FOI_7481)
The following information was requested:
I note your last annual report 2024-25 refers to “NHS Resolution’s Practitioner Performance Advice service delivers expert advice, support and interventions on the fair management of concerns about the performance of doctors, dentists and pharmacists.”: “The service received 1,420 new and reopened requests for advice from healthcare organisations with concerns about the practice of individual practitioners as well as services in 2024/25, representing a 24% increase compared to 2023/24.The open caseload at the end of the financial year stood at 1,149, a 15% increase when compared with the end of 2023/24.”
It adds: “Requests for assessment and remediation services remained at a high level in 2024/25, with 50 requests for professional support and remediation action plans, 44 requests for behavioural assessments, six requests for clinical performance assessments and four requests for team reviews.”
And it says: “NHS Resolution delivered OARs ( Organised Activity Reports) to 18 secondary care trusts in England, offering follow-up consultations with a Performance Practitioner Advice adviser to each, and finalized reports for primary care trusts, mental health trusts and trusts in Wales and Northern Ireland for delivery in 2025/26″.
