ADHD medication (FOI_7240)
The following information was requested:
How much has been paid out by the NHS to settle outstanding claims of clinical negligence to people who have incurred injury or death from ADHD medications? Please review the period January 2021-December 2024.
ADHD medications include Elvanse (lisdexamfetamine), Ritalin (methylphenidate), Concerta (methylphenidate hydrochloride), Dexedrine (dextroamphetamine) and Strattera (atomoxetine).
(Clarified on 28 May 2025)
Yes, I am interested in the following codes: Community Mental Health Services (Specialty code) Psychiatry/ Mental Health (Specialty code) Medication Errors (Cause code).
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (FOI_7218)
The following information was requested:
I would like to know how many legal actions have been taken against Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust due to their members of staff not following Adult safeguarding guidance or other breaches of their duty of care under the 1983 medical Act.
Obstetrics Claims (FOI_7210)
The following information was requested:
I hope you are well. I am requesting information under the Freedom of Information 2000. Please could you provide the following:
1. The number of legal claims brought to NHS trusts related to maternal or birth negligence, from January to December over the last 6 years (2024, 2023, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019)? Could this information also be broken down by the individual trusts?
2. The amount spent each year to settle claims brought to trusts related to maternal or birth negligence, from January to December over the last 6 years (2024, 2023, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019. Could this information also be broken down to the individual trusts?
3. The amount spent each year to pay out in damages for claims brought to trusts related to maternal or birth negligence, from January to December over the last 6 years (2024, 2023, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019)? Could this information also be broken down to the individual trusts?
4. The amount spent by NHS Resolution on legal costs for claims brought to trusts related to maternal or birth negligence, from January to December over the last 6 years (2024, 2023, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019)?
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Radiology (FOI_7207)
The following information was requested:
Follow up to – FOI_7160.
I was wondering whether it would be possible to add onto this information request and have further detail regarding the types of claims.
Can the primary cause be sub-divided into primary injury for each year so that they are in the same table? Can the type of injury be broken down even further beyond primary injury?
Can the imaging modality be included (MRI, CT, ultrasound, etc)?
Would it be possible to determine which claims are radiologist vs. non-radiologist involved?
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Medication Errors (FOI_7204)
The following information was requested:
1. How many medical negligence claims have been settled, between 2019 and 2024, relating to errors involving medication by each of the following health trusts:
- Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust
This may include, as defined by the NHS, the prescribing / dispensing / administering / monitoring or the provision of advice on medicines).
2.Of those cases settled in the last five years can you tell me the total amount of compensation paid by each health trust as well as the total cost of the Trust’s legal fees and those of claimants.
3. In cases of medication errors, where cases have been settled between 2019 and 2024, can you please tell me a person’s primary injury and the reason for their medical negligence complaint. For example:
- Unnecessary pain
- Death
- Psychiatric/psychological damageThrombosis/Embolism
- Stroke
- Anaphylactic shock or allergic reaction
- Cardiac arrest
- Additiona/unnecessary operations
- Other
(Clarified on 7 May 2025.)
We think that the following Cause codes may be of interest to you, in addition to Medication errors:
- Err with Agnt/Dose/Route/Selec
- Incorrect injection site
- IntravAdminMisselecConcentrPotassChlor
- Wrong route Admin of Chemo
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Emergency Medicine_Fracture (FOI_7205)
The following information was requested:
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information on compensation awarded in respect to medical negligence claims.
Please provide the following information for the period from January 1st, 2024, up to and including May 7th, 2025:
- The total number of settled compensation claims in the UK involving missed fractures, broken
down by type, based on your filing conventions (e.g. missed hip fracture, missed knee fracture,
missed wrist fracture, etc. ) - The compensation amounts paid for each missed fracture claim.
- The NHS Trust with the highest number of settled missed fracture claims in the UK.
If possible, a further breakdown by:
- Whether the missed/delayed diagnosis occurred in an Accident and Emergency (A&E) setting.
- NHS Trust or region.
(Clarified on 7 May 2025.)
Specifically, I request details of all claims data recorded under the following CNST codes:
Speciality: Emergency Medicine
Injury:
- Fracture
- Poor Outcome – Fractures Etc.
- Limb Deformity
Cause:
- Fail to Follow-Up Arrangements
- Failure to Interpret X-Ray
- Failure to Perform Tests (please specify the test(s) not performed where possible)
- Failure to X-Ray
- Failure/Delay Diagnosis
- Lack of Facilities and Equipment
- Operator Error (please specify which error occurred where possible)
- Wrong Diagnosis
For each relevant claim, please provide:
- Whether the claim was settled
- The amount of compensation awarded (if settled)
- The NHS Trust where the incident occurred
(Please, see attached PDF for further clarifications.)
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Compensation for staff claims (FOI_7206)
The following information was requested:
Follow up to – FOI_6522.
I recently came across information about cases where NHS Trusts in London had paid compensation to members of staff following claims of assault.
(London’s NHS Trusts paid more than £3million in compensation for staff claims of assault against them over the last five years, data revealed. According to an investigation by Legal Expert, NHS Trusts across London paid a total of £3,046,811 in damages after settling 159 NHS staff assault cases between 2013 and 2019.)
Similar information was contained in your response to FOI_4379.
I had been under the impression that NHS Trusts could only compensate patients – not members of staff – so I’d be grateful if you could tell me whether the payments were all made as a result of claims settled in court or whether the payments also included out-of-court settlements and other forms of internal payment.
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Spinal Injury (FOI_7235)
Information relating to settled claims, claims received and damages paid in relation to degenerative cervical myelopathy, cervical myelopathy, spinal stenosis for the 10 years to 31 December 2024 (or for the most recent 10 years for which data is available).
NHSR Speciality codes:
19 – General medicine
20 – General practice
32 – Miscellaneous
34 – Neurology
35 – Neurosurgery
38 – Not specified
46 – Orthopaedic surgery
47 – Other
53 – Physiotherapy
60 – Rehabilitation
66 – Unknown
NHSR Cause codes:
8 – Delay In Performing Operation
14 – Fail / Delay Treatment
21 – Fail To Follow-Up Arrangements
39 – Failure To Interpret X-Ray
40 – Failure To Perform Operation
41 – Failure To Perform Tests
42 – Failure To X-Ray
43 – Failure/Delay Diagnosis
53 – Inappropriate Treatment
71 – Not Specified
73 – Other
88 – Unknown
91 – Wrong Diagnosis
NHSR Injury Codes:
14 – Bladder Damage
79 – Multiple Disabilities
81 – Nerve Damage
82 – Not Specified
85 – Other
89 – Paraplegia
91 – Partial paralysis
95 – Poor Outcome – Fractures Etc.
98 – Psychiatric/Psychological Dmge
113 – Spinal damage
120 – Tetraplegia/ Quadraplegia
126 – Unknown
127 – Unnecessary pain
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