Obstetrics for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (FOI_7280)
The following information was requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information about the Great Western Hospital that is held by NHS Resolution:
1. How many clinical claims have been made against Great Western Hospital maternity services from 2019 until 2024?
2. How many of these claims were for deaths of mothers, stillbirths or neonatal deaths (occurring within 2 weeks of birth)? Please provide a breakdown of each over the span of the five-year period above.
3. How many of these claims had payouts? And what was the total money paid out each year?
[We clarified on 18 June 2025]
Thank you for your email. We are now dealing with it, but I would like to clarify that we can provide claims data for the trust, not for individual hospital, so for Great Western Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust.
HM Prison – Dental (FOI_7276)
The following information was requested:
1. In the 23/24 financial year could you detail (i) how many claims for compensation you have paid out where the primary speciality has been recorded as HM Prison/Dental? (ii) the damages paid associated with these claims, (iii) the NHS costs paid, (iv) the claimant costs paid and (v) the total costs of damages and legal expenses.
2. For the combined last five financial years (2019/20) (2020/21) (2021/22) (2022/23) and (2023/24) could you please break down the total number of these claims recorded as having taken place at HM Prison/Dental by the primary injury recorded? For each type of primary injury please state (i) the number of claims, (ii) the damages paid, (iii) the NHS costs paid (iv) the claimant costs paid and (v) the total costs of damages and legal expenses.
NOTE: This question relates to the damages and costs in the year the claim was settled NOT when the incident took place or when the claim was lodged.
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Amputation, Blindness, Cosmetic disfigurement (FOI_7277)
The following information was requested:
1. How many clinical negligence claims involving amputation were paid out by the NHSLA in the year 2023/24 what was the monetary value of payments made against those claims, irrespective of when the claim was made? For each amputation, please list the body part or limb involved. Please give the three NHS Trusts against whom the most successful claims were paid out in 2023/24 and how many claims related to each of those trusts.
2. How many clinical negligence claims involving blindness were paid out by the NHSLA in the year 2023/24 and what was the monetary value of payments made against those claims, irrespective of when the claim was made? Please give the three NHS Trusts against whom the most successful claims were paid out in 2023/24 and how many claims related to each of those
trusts.
3. How many clinical negligence claims involving cosmetic disfigurement were paid out by the NHSLA in the year 2023/24, what was the monetary value of payments made against those
claims, irrespective of when the claim was made? Please give the three NHS Trusts against whom the most successful claims were paid out in 2023/24 and how many claims related to each of those trusts.
Blindness, Pressure Sores (FOI_7278)
The following information was requested:
Could you please provide the following information:
1. The total number of clinical negligence claims paid out where the primary injury is blindness and the total sum of settlement amounts relating to these claims. Please provide this information for claims settled in the financial year 2024-25 and the 4 previous financial years. Please provide this data broken down by year financial and by individual NHS trust.
2. The total number of clinical negligence claims settled where the primary injury was pressure sores and the total sum of settlement amounts relating to these claims. Please provide this information for claims settled in the financial year 2024-25 and the four previous years. Please provide this data broken down by financial year and also by individual NHS trust.
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Communication with DHSC re Mediation (FOI_7273)
The following information was requested:
My request relates to communications from the Department of Health (DoH) to NHS Resolution (NHSR) about the use of third-party providers.
Please could you disclose information, guidance, policies and requests sent to NHSR in respect of the use of third party providers in the resolution of disputes, in particular in relation to the use of third parties (i.e. non NHS employed) to resolve disputes, including but not limited to mediators to attend the Mediation of clinical disputes brought against the NHS for negligent medical treatment. Is it the case that NHSR is restricted in it’s use of third-party mediators.
FOI_7274_Mediation (FOI_7274)
The following information was requested:
Please could you provide the following information in a table format. I would like to know how many mediations took place in each month and year. I define mediation as those formal mediations, where a third party has been engaged to facilitate the mediation via the NHS Resolution mediation scheme. The statistics for the following months are requested: Jan, Feb, March, April, May 2024 and Jan, Feb, March, April, May 2025. I would like to have an understanding of the trend in mediations actually taking place.
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Contract register and Procurement response (FOI_7265)
The following information was requested:
1. Contract Register
Please provide a complete and current extract of your organisation’s contract register or equivalent database. We are not asking you to compile new information or manually populate
missing fields – we simply request the register in its existing form, preferably in Excel or CSV format.
Where available, we are particularly interested in the following fields (though this is not a strict requirement):
- Contract Title
- Supplier Name
- Estimated Spend (Total or Annual)
- Contract Duration and Total Period (including extensions)
- Contract Start and Expiry Dates
- Review Date
- Contract Description
- Contract Owner (Name, Job Title, Contact Details if available)
- Contract Notes
- Managing Department
- Award Date
- Participating Organisations
- Procurement Category
- Framework or Tender References
- Central Purchasing Body
- Classification Codes (CPV, Pro-Class, etc.)
Please don’t spend time populating these fields if they aren’t readily available – we welcome receiving the raw register as it exists in your system.
2. Total Number of Active Contracts
Please confirm the total number of contracts currently listed as active.
3. Procurement Strategy (2025/2026)
Please provide your organisation’s Procurement Strategy for 2025/2026.
- If this is part of a multi-year strategy (e.g., 2024–2028), please provide the most recent version covering 2025/2026 or indicate when this will be available.
- If any parts are redacted, please identify the redacted sections and the reason.
4. Contact Information
If possible, please provide the name, job title, phone number, and email address for the following roles:
- Responsible officer for API access or data sharing (if applicable)
- Individual managing the contract register
- Finance Director
- Head/Director of Procurement or Purchasing
- Head/Director of ICT
- Head of Estates and Facilities
- Relevant Committee Member, Councillor, or Board Member for Procurement/Finance
If direct contact details are restricted due to GDPR, please indicate the best department or method of contact.
5. Additional Notes
- If your contract register is available via an online portal, please ensure all records are accessible (as some portals may only show summary data).
- If your organisation uses a contract management system or CRM, please confirm whether it allows for data exports.
Tetraplegia, Quadraplegia (FOI_7262)
The following information was requested:
How many cases of quadriplegia due to alleged negligence have there been annually for the last ten years?
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