Practitioner Performance Advice cases_type of concern and where they qualified_FOI_7859
The following information was requested:
I am interested in this analysis you produced in 2023 and want to update the numbers.
My FOI request is:
In each of the last two years, what number and proportion of Practitioner Performance Advice cases involving Behaviour/misconduct or other clinical or health concerns have involved practitioners who qualified a) in the UK, b) outside the UK in the EEA c) outside the EEA?
In each of the last two years, what number and proportion of Practitioner Performance Advice cases involving Behaviour/misconduct or other clinical or health concerns have involved practitioners from each different ethnic minority group?
Ophthalmology claims for Independent Sector Providers (FOI_7857)
The following information was requested:
I request the following information in respect of clinical negligence claims under the CNST (and
any successor or equivalent scheme) where the responsible provider is an independent sector
provider (ISP) — that is, a non-NHS organisation — and the specialty is ophthalmology:
1. The total number of ophthalmology claims notified/received by NHS Resolution from ISP
members, broken down by financial year, for each year from 2013/14 (when ISPs
became eligible for CNST membership) to the most recent year for which complete data
is available.
2. For each financial year specified above, the number of ophthalmology claims from ISP
members that were:
• closed with a damages payment;
• closed with nil damages; and
• still open/outstanding at the end of each year.
3. For closed ophthalmology claims from ISP members in each financial year: the total
damages paid, total NHS legal costs, total claimant legal costs, and total combined cost.
4. The number of ISP organisations that are current members of the CNST in respect of
ophthalmology services, and the total number of ISP CNST members in ophthalmology
that have had at least one clinical negligence claim notified against them since 2013/14.
5. If data is available: a breakdown of ISP ophthalmology claims by procedure type or
subspecialty (e.g. cataract surgery, refractive surgery, vitreoretinal, medical retina,
glaucoma) for any year or period for which such coding exists.
6. If a full breakdown by individual ISP organisation is not possible due to low numbers
(fewer than 5 claims) attracting Data Protection exemptions under s.40(2) FOI Act,
please provide aggregate ISP totals (i.e. all ISP members combined) and indicate which
individual ISP rows have been suppressed.
Comparator Data
To contextualise the above, I also request, for the same period:
7. The equivalent aggregate figures (claims notified, claims closed with/without payment,
total costs) for ophthalmology claims from NHS Trust members of the CNST, broken
down by financial year from 2013/14.
8. For context, the approximate proportion of NHS-funded ophthalmology activity (by
procedure volume) attributable to ISP members versus NHS Trust members, if held by
NHS Resolution or readily available to it.
Clinical negligence claim broken down by cause (FOI_7855)
The following information was requested:
This request is a follow up to FOI_7801
I would be grateful if you could respond to the remaining questions, which are:
- Please provide any internal reports, analyses, or documents produced in the last five years that discuss the distinction between individual error and systemic failure in clinical negligence claims.
- Please provide any internal reports, analyses, or documents produced in the last five years that discuss the relationship between clinician burnout, staffing pressures, or workload and clinical negligence claims.
Additionally, please provide a breakdown of clinical negligence claims by cause for each of the last five financial years.
Recruitment for climate related posts_FOI_7852
The following information was requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following recorded information.
From the last 3 financial year’s budgeted figures (2022/23, 23/24, 24/25)
1. Climate-related posts
a) The number of posts if any (headcount, and FTE where recorded) employed with job titles that include any of the following terms:
Climate; Net Zero; Sustainability; Carbon; Emissions; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Climate Action; Climate Policy; Climate Programme; Climate Project; Climate Data; Climate Reporting; Climate Adaptation; Climate Resilience; Energy and Climate; Sustainable Procurement; Green Finance; Green.
2. Cost of those posts
The total employment cost for the posts (if any) identified in Question 1, including salary and employer on-costs (e.g. pension and National Insurance), as recorded.
3. External consultants
The total amount paid during the same financial year to external consultants, companies, or contractors where the expenditure is recorded under any cost centre, project code, budget line, or purchase description that includes one or more of the following terms:
Climate; Net Zero; Sustainability; Carbon; Emissions; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Climate Action; Climate Policy; Climate Programme; Climate Project; Climate Data; Climate Reporting; Climate Adaptation; Climate Resilience; Energy and Climate; Sustainable Procurement; Green Finance; Green.
This should include, but not be limited to, expenditure coded to professional services, consultancy, advisory services, or specialist support.
If you do not record expenditure in this way, please provide the closest equivalent recorded information held (for example, totals by relevant cost centre or project).
If any information requested is not held, please state this clearly. If figures are held only in aggregated form, please provide the aggregated figures. Estimates derived from recorded financial information are acceptable.
Claims with damages payment – medians and quantiles (FOI_7851)
The following information was requested:
Follow up to: FOI_7555
NHSR previously provided the attached information on average damages for clinical claims in 2024/25. For your reference, please see the final page of the attached document.
For these clinical negligence claims closed (or settled with a periodical payment order) in 2024/25 with a damages payment, would you also please be able to provide the following:
- The median amount of damages provided in these claims
- In terms of the damages provided in these claims, the amount which was provided at the 25th quantile
- In terms of the damages provided in these claims, the amount which was provided at the 75th quantile.
Claims involving St Lawrence Surgery Goring-by-Sea West Sussex_FOI_7835
The following information was requested:
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
The total number of clinical negligence claims submitted to NHS Resolution involving St Lawrence Surgery, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing, West Sussex, under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice (CNSGP) since the scheme’s inception in April 2019.
The number of those claims that resulted in a settlement or damages payment.
The total value of any settlements or damages paid, even if provided as a banded or anonymised figure.
Cyber security incidents (FOI_7827)
The following information was requested:
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information for each calendar year from 2020 to 2026 inclusive:
- The number of cyber security breaches that have being identified that were found to be a result of a malicious threat actor (i.e. not accidental data breach)
- The breakdown in high-level causes of these breaches as identified by cyber security incident response teams (CSIRTs), for example (but not limited to) unpatched software/hardware, lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA), leaked user credentials, lack of in-transit encryption, etc
- The number of breaches that occurred that were attributed to a previously known vulnerability to the organisations hardware, software, policies, or processes, for example where system was known to be at risk due to being unpatched or out of support, or security controls were recommended but not enforced, and was defined within the resulting incident response report.
- The estimated combined costs incurred as a result of cyber security breaches defined in request number one in each year.
No specific details are requested in relation to software/hardware utilisation, but rather high-level causes of breaches. I believe the high-level nature of this request does not allow for the use of s.31(1)(a) of the FOIA as this would not be likely to prejudice the security of your systems or data, as these are historical incidents which have since been dealt with. The public interest in understanding breach causes across public sector organisations outweighs the public interest in the exemption.
Download this information request [Information request for Cyber security incidents (FOI_7827)]
Obstetrics claims against Nottingham University Hospitals NHST_FOI_7824
The following information was requested on 02 April 2026:
I am sending this request under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please provide the data requested in an excel spreadsheet. Please provide the following information from 1 April 2010 to date.
1. Please state the total number of CNST Claims brought against Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, where the specialty is ‘Obstetrics’, broken down by financial year.
2. Please state the total cost of CNST Claims brought against Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, where the specialty is ‘Obstetrics’, broken down by financial year, and further broken down by:
a) Damages paid, b) NUH legal costs paid, and c) Claimant legal costs paid
3. Please state the total number of CNST Claims brought against NUH from 1 April 2010 to date, where the specialty is ‘Obstetrics’, broken down by a) Primary Cause and b) Primary Injury.
4. Please state the total number of CNST Claims brought against all NHS Trusts in England from 1 April 2010 to date, where the specialty is ‘Obstetrics’, broken down by NHS Trust.
5. Please state the total cost of CNST Claims brought against all NHS Trusts in England from 1 April 2010 to date, where the specialty is ‘Obstetrics’, broken down by NHS Trust.
6. If known, please include the population of each NHS Trust in England in the table(s) provided in response to questions 4 and 5.
