Fail to Warn_Informed Consent_Cardio Surgery (FOI_7384)
The following information was requested:
1. Data on litigation claims by year for failure to consent in cardiac surgery 2006 to 2024 financial years.
2. Also, damages paid out yearly and number of successful/unsuccessful claims for failure of consent in cardiac surgery 2006 to 2024.
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (FOI_7381)
The following information was requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting the following information relating to Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, including data from its predecessor West Middlesex University Hospital (for years prior to the September 2015 merger):
1. The annual number of paediatric or neonatal clinical negligence claims involving:
- cardiac conditions,
- missed or delayed diagnosis, or
- delayed treatment
submitted to NHS Resolution concerning the Trust, for each year from 2000 to 2025.
2. For each year, please indicate how many of these claims:
a. resulted in a court judgment in favour of the claimant;
b. resulted in a court judgment in favour of the Trust;
c. were withdrawn or discontinued before determination;
d. were settled with damages paid, whether or not court proceedings took place.
3. Where possible, please also indicate:
a. the number of claims resolved through formal court proceedings.
b. the number resolved via alternative dispute resolution (ADR), mediation, or Early Notification Scheme processes;
c. the specialty or department (e.g., paediatric cardiology, neonatology) associated with each claim;
d. whether any ethnicity data is recorded for claimants, and if so, please provide it in anonymised, aggregated form.
Assault claims (FOI_7377)
The following information was requested:
This is an update to my request last year. FOI_6896.
Please can you provide me with the following information using the FOI act:
How many physical assault claims against the NHS have been made by NHS staff in each of the following years 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22 and 2020-21?
Please can you break this down by trust?
Can you please provide the number and cost of such claims closed (or settled with a periodical payment order) with a damages payment – for the years stated above?
Please can you break this down by trust?
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CNST Claims breakdown by Trust, Cause, Injury (FOI_7378)
The following information was requested:
Please can you provide me with the following information using the FOI act:
For each of the following years 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22 and 2020-21.
Please can you break this down by trust?
Can you please provide the number and cost of compensation claims closed (or settled with a
periodical payment order) with a damages payment – for the years stated above.
For each settled claim, please provide:
Total amount paid in settlement
Number of claims closed with nil damages paid
Number of claims closed with a damages payment and associated costs
Breakdown by primary cause
Breakdown by primary injury
Duty of Candour (FOI_7370)
The following information was requested:
I am wondering whether the Duty of Candour applies to all those who work in NHSR and their agents, e.g. solicitors. Is this information available?
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Obstetrics Claims for Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust (FOI_7369)
The following information was requested:
I sent a request to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and the advised that your FoI team is better placed to respond to questions in relation to that trust.
I would be grateful for responses by email to the following 13 questions, which I am sending to every UK non-specialist health trust and board.
I appreciate it is a long list of questions, and it’s quite possible not all of them will be relevant to your organisation. I also appreciate that data going back 10 years may not always be available, as your organisation may have been formed more recently than that. In this case, I would be grateful for the data stretching back as far as is possible.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions at all.
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How many vacancies do you currently have for a) midwives; b) obstetricians? (And how many members of staff do you currently have in both those roles?)
What is the number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths recorded in your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? And what was the recorded ethnicity of those who died if the data is available?
How many live births were recorded at your trust/board in each of the past 10 years?
What is the number of maternal deaths recorded in your trust/board in each of the past 10 years? And what was the recorded ethnicity of those who died?
How many medical negligence suits have arisen from incidents in your maternity department in each of the past 10 years? How many resulted in a payment being made, and how much was paid out in each of the past 10 years?
How many third- and fourth-degree tears have you recorded for each of the past 10 years?
What are your current rates of forceps use if you keep data on this?
What are your current rates of ventouse assisted deliveries if you keep data on this?
How many emergency caesarean sections have you carried out in each of the past 10 years?
How many Maternal Request Caesareans were made to staff in each of the past 10 years, and how many were approved?
How much did your trust/board pay for use of interpreters in its maternity department in each of the past 10 years?
How many people have received treatment as part of any MMHS (Maternal Mental Health Service) in the past year?
How many people are on the waiting list to receive treatment from the MMHS right now? And how long is the average waiting time for treatment?
(Please, see the attached PDF for clarifications.)
Urology, Gynaecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Emergency Medicine and General Surgery (FOI_7368)
The following information was requested:
The number of claims in my own specialty [Urology] has been rising, but the proportion of
claims that result in no compensation has also been increasing. One possible explanation for
this is that there are more patients being encouraged to make claims in the hope that they might be awarded some compensation. There are, or were, advertisements in NHS outpatient clinics form solicitors encouraging patients who are dissatisfied with the outcome of their treatment to make a claim. I have heard a similar advertisement on Classic FM. ‘Ambulance chasers’ are not confined to accident cases, it seems.
In the past you have replied to my request for a breakdown of the causes of litigation in five
specialties, Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Accident and Emergency and
Urology, over the last 10 years. I would be most grateful if you could supply this information to me for the y/e 31 March 2025, giving the same breakdown of causes in the same five
specialties. For urology you have included the number of claims and the numbers that did and did not receive compensation. Both the overall numbers and the percentage who do not receive compensation have been increasing. I am wondering whether this trend is seen in the other four specialties.
All Surgical Claims (FOI_7363)
The following information was requested:
Hello. I am looking for the following information please (under FOI rules) relating to amputation claims in 2024/25.
Any help would be much appreciated.
- So far in 2025, how many claims made against NHS Trusts and/or Clinicians were reported to the NHSR as a result of surgical errors leading to amputation?
- So far in 2025, how many claims made against NHS Trusts and/or Clinicians were reported to the NHSR as a result of delays in diagnosis/treatment leading to amputation?
- What percentage of those cases identified above resulted in a successful outcome for the
Claimant in 2024? - What percentage of those cases identified above resulted in a successful outcome for the
Claimant in 2025? - What is the total amount of compensation paid as a result of surgical errors leading to
amputation in 2024/2025? - What is the total amount of compensation paid as a result of delays in diagnosis/treatment leading to amputation in 2024/2025?
Also, I can confirm we are looking for data on closed files. Please can you disclose all surgical
cases and break it down by injury and cause?
(Please, see clarification in the attached PDF.)
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