Top Defendant and Claimant firms (FOI_6144)
The following information was requested:
- How many clinical negligence claims in total were dealt with for NHS Resolution by specific named law firms (i.e., defendant firms) in the latest year you have available.
- Number of clinical negligence claims dealt with by specific named claimant law firms/others in the latest year available.
If there are many firms in each category, then the top 10 or 20 would be enough.
Claims Settled for named Trusts (FOI_6145)
The following information was requested:
The number of Clinical Negligence claims settled for the period 2018/19 to 2022/23 against the data range submitted by similar sized organisations.
Please benchmark against the following Trusts:
1. Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NHS FT)
2. Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals
3. Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
4. University Hospital Southampton
5. Oxford University Hospital
6. East Kent Hospitals University NHS FT
7. Stoke Mandeville Hospital
8. University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Employees working from abroad (FOI_6142)
The following information was requested:
This is an information request relating to the number of staff who are allowed to work from abroad.
Please include the following information, for the 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 financial years:
- The number of staff, per year, given permission to work from abroad
- For each member of staff granted permission, please provide their pay band, the country they have been allowed to work from, the length of time that they have been allowed to work for and the dates they were allowed to work from abroad. Please also provide the reason. If any of this is not possible to provide, please provide the remaining information
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Countess of Chester NHS FT (FOI_6133)
The following information was requested:
Please can you provide figures paid/out claimed for neonatal baby deaths and injuries at the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust for each year to present since 2015.
I am interested in sums paid out to families who were victims of Lucy Letby. However, if it is not possible or legally compliant to answer this part of the request, please provide the general information requested above, providing figures for all cases.
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Siteground hosting (FOI_6131)
The following information was requested:
As per my records, Siteground hosting contract has expired. I would like to know whether this contract is still valid or replaced by any other supplier.
If all the information besides the contract dates are the same, I am happy to just receive an update on the contract dates.
(Follow-up to FOI_5314)
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Limbic Encephalitis (FOI_6130)
The following information was requested:
I am…currently looking to develop a project investigating the impact of missed diagnoses of limbic encephalitis in patients presenting with psychosis. We are specifically intending to gather information on the number of these cases, the number which result in litigation, and the associated costs, and we believe that the NHSR dataset may be best placed to achieve this.
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Top 25 highest paid claimant firms (FOI_6128)
The following information was requested:
I would be grateful for the most recent details on the top-25 claimant law firms undertaking claims for clinical negligence against NHSR, and the numbers involved.
Previous information provided has included the number of claims, damages paid, claimant firm costs, as well as the share of volume represented, share of damages and share of costs. For example, in 2019/20, Irwin Mitchell made 699 claims, £190,214,529 in damages were paid and the firm’s costs were £45,766,241. These numbers represented 9.3%, 11.3% and 9.2% shares.
Previous similar request referred to is: FOI_4990.
Claims broken down by Sex, Specialty and Trust (FOI_6129)
The following information was requested:
Please could you provide the following information for the following years 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23:
The total number of claims, both made and settled, by NHS Trust in England
The gender identity of those making the claims, both made and settled, by NHS Trusts in England
The CQC rating of each NHS Trust in England
The total number of claims and total amount paid by speciality and by gender:
Obstetrics
Emergency medicine
Orthopaedic surgery
General surgery
Gynaecology
General medicine
Radiology
Psychiatry/mental health
Ophthalmology
Gastroenterology
Other
The total number of claims and total amount paid, split by specific Women’s health services outlined) by NHS Trust
Maternity
Gynaecology
Neonatology
The total number of claims and total amount paid, split by specific Women’s health services outlined) by NHS Trust where insufficient midwifery or obstetrician staff was a significant causal factor:
Maternity
Gynaecology
Neonatology
