Claims made by people in prison (FOI_6573)
The following information was requested:
1. The number of clinical negligence claims were made by people in prison (i.e. people held in prison at the time of the alleged negligence), where damages were paid out for the financial years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 22/23? Please provide the information broken down by financial year.
2. The total amount of damages paid in relation to these claims? Please break this down into general damages, special damages and legal costs for each of the financial years in 1 above.
3. For the financial years stated in 1 above, please provide a breakdown of the primary cause of damages, where a claim has been made where a payment(s) was/were made using the cause codes used in the NHS Resolution’s electronic case management system as set out in the ‘Speciality-injury-and-cause-codes.xlsx’ spreadsheet).
4. For the financial years listed in 1 above please confirm which ten NHS Trusts have had the most number of claims made against them by people held in prison (at the time of the alleged negligence), where a payment of damages has been made? For each of these ten trusts please provide (i) the name of the trust, (ii) the number of claims paid out and (iii) the total value of the damages and costs paid out in those claims.
NHS Resolution staff and road traffic fatalities (FOI_6553)
The following information was requested:
How many staff in NHS Resolution have died each year for the last 5 years in RTCs.
Of those, I would like to know if they were working at the time, commuting to work, or off duty. It would also be good to know what percentage of the total deaths were in a RTC (for the police it was 53%).
I would also like to know if you have a Road safety strategy like the MoD, and if you have guidance on managing fatigue along the lines of what the ORR are currently consulting on for rial staff .
NHS Resolution Leadership Team (FOI_6550)
The following information was requested:
Dear NHS Resolution,
A look at your website reveals the above personages on the following link: Leadership Archive – NHS Resolution.
How are these people appointed?
Why do you not mention their qualifications?
How long is their tenure?
How are they paid?
Who funds your organization?
The registers of interest on your website are also misleading & incomplete.
Scaphoid non-union litigation (FOI_6546)
The following information was requested:
I was interested in getting hold of some info on scaphoid non-union litigation costs.
Is there any way of getting hold of this data/costs of litigation and some basic details of the cases?
I am keen on writing this up and highlighting the issue, as it seems to be a persistent problem
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Heart Catheterisation (FOI_6548)
The following information was requested:
I am contacting you regarding a clinical procedure called a heart catheterisation which has caused chronic pain in ….[personal information]. Please can you contact me on …. another point for me to contact you is can you help me find out if there has been any payment of compensation to anybody…
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Limitation defence (FOI_6540)
The following information was requested:
Please confirm the number of claims in the category ‘Obstetrics Non CP/BD’, where a limitation defence has been raised and/or a Claimant has made a section 33 application (Limitation Act 1980) against a Trust in the last 6 years.
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Softcat IT contract update (FOI_6535)
The following information was requested:
Further to your previous response [FOI_6317], Softcat SAN contract has expired in January. Please share the latest contract updates.
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Maternity & Obstetrics claims (FOI_6536)
The following information was requested:
1. The number of claims against NHS Trusts for birth injuries as a result of medical malpractice in the last 5 years? Can this be broken down by year and by NHS Trust? Financial Years: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2023/24.
2. The number of incidents of birth injuries as a result of medical malpractice in the last 5 years (Broken down by year and NHS Trust.)
3. The number of claims against NHS Trusts for birth injuries as a results of medical negligence broken down by Cause and Notification Year.
4. The number of incidents against NHS Trusts for birth injuries as a result of medical negligence broken down by Cause and Notification Year.
5. The number and cost of claims against NHS Trusts for birth injuries as a result of medical malpractice in the last 5 years broken down by cause and year. (Including: No. of claims, Damages Paid, NHS Legal Costs paid, Claimant legal costs paid, Total paid)
6. The number and cost of clinical claims against the NHS for birth injuries as a result of medical malpractice in the last 5 years broken down by Trust and year. (Including: No. of claims, Damages Paid, NHS Legal Costs paid, Claimant legal costs paid, Total paid)
[On 15 May 2024 clarified]
Can you just then provide information regarding claims not incidents?
Can you also provide data for the following financial years instead: 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23.
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