Claims made by NHS staff for personal injury and accidents (FOI_7795)
The following information was requested:
Could you please provide data in response to the following questions:
1.The number of claims against NHS Trusts by NHS staff for personal injury/accidents at work in the last 5 years? Please break down by financial year (2020/2021, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) and by cause – for instance, needlestick injuries; slips, trips and falls; faulty equipment; injuries/illnesses caused by inadequate PPE; assault in the workplace; bullying and harassment in the workplace; sexual assault/harassment in the workplace.
a) Can the same information also be broken down by NHS Trust?
b) Can the same information be broken down by injury and/or cause?
2. The number and cost of claims against NHS Trusts by NHS staff for personal injury/accidents at work in the last 5 years? Please break down by financial year (2020/2021, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25) and by cause – for instance, needlestick injuries; slips, trips and falls; faulty equipment; injuries/illnesses caused by inadequate PPE; assault in the workplace; bullying and harassment in the workplace; sexual assault/harassment in the workplace.
a) Can the same information also be broken down by NHS Trust (Including no. of claims, damages paid, NHS legal costs paid, claimant legal costs paid, total paid.)
b) Can the same information be broken down by injury and /or cause? (Including no. of claims, damages paid, NHS legal costs paid, claimant legal costs paid, total paid.)
Mesothelioma_Asbestos Exposure (FOI_7796)
The following information was requested:
Please can you provide me with the following information:
Details of any previous claims brought against North Manchester General Hospital, Crumpsall Hospital, the Northern Care Alliance or Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust relating to exposure to asbestos at the North Manchester General Hospital site, whether from direct employees or contractors exposed on site.
Dermatology (FOI_7798)
The following information was requested:
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please could you provide the following information regarding claims against NHS Trusts for Dermatology:
1) Number of claims by Trust and year
– The number of claims against NHS Trusts for Dermatology, broken down by NHS Trust and by financial year.
– Please provide this data for all available financial years (e.g., 2000/01 onwards, or earliest year held to the present).
2) Number of claims by cause and year
– The number of claims against NHS Trusts for Dermatology, broken down by cause and by financial year.
– Please provide for all available financial years.
3) Number of claims by injury and year
– The number of claims against NHS Trusts for Dermatology, broken down by injury and by financial year.
– Please provide for all available financial years.
4) Cost of claims by Trust and year
– The number and cost of claims against NHS Trusts for Dermatology, broken down by NHS Trust and financial year. Please include:
– Number of claims
– Damages paid
– NHS legal costs paid
– Claimant legal costs paid
– Total paid
5) Cost of claims by cause and year
– The number and cost of claims against NHS Trusts for Dermatology, broken down by cause and financial year.
– Please include the same cost breakdown as above.
For clarity, this request is intended to cover all financial years for which records are available, not just the last five.
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Obstetrics Claims for specified Trusts (FOI_7791)
The following information was requested:
Many thanks for this information. [Follow up to – FOI_7700]
I would like the same information for the same time period for the following NHS Trusts please:
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust (since 2022, part of Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
- North Bristol NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
(Please, see clarification in the attached PDF.)
Claims for obstetrics and gynaecology from 2006-07 (FOI_7793)
The following information was requested:
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 relating to clinical negligence claims in the specialty of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in England.
Please provide data for claims notified between financial years 2004/05 and 2024/25, with incident dates between financial years 1994/95 and 2024/25.
For this cohort, I would be grateful if you could provide, insofar as this is held and disclosable, the following:
- the number of claims received;
- the number of claims closed with nil damages paid;
- the number of claims closed with a damages payment and associated costs;
- a breakdown by primary cause, including number of claims and cost;
- a breakdown by primary injury, including number of claims and cost; and
- a breakdown by trust, including number of claims, cost, primary injury, and primary cause.
Primary Care Appeals re SHA_18735 (FOI_7789)
The following information was requested:
Under point 4.3 of the PREMISES COSTS – CURRENT MARKET RENT GUIDANCE, we are referred to SHA/18735, yet there isn’t a copy online anywhere.
Guidance extract below:
“With respect to disputes as to the appropriate level of CMR, it has been determined that the three years start to run when the Commissioner reports to the contractor a CMR with which the contractor does not agree (see SHA/18735).”
Can you please provide a copy of this case?
Obstetrics Claims breakdown by cause and injury_FOI_7787
The following information was requested and clarified :
Please provide the number of claims and total value for the most recent ten-year period available or if a full ten years is not available for the longest most recent period available for planned Caesarean Section; emergency Caesarean section; vaginal birth; or, by the following categories:
Accident; Anaesthetic; Antenatal care; antenatal investigations; bladder; caesarean section; cerebral palsy; CTG interpretation; drug error; management of labour; maternal death; nursing care; operative vaginal delivery; other; perineal trauma; postpartum haemorrhage; psychological; retained swabs; shoulder dystocia; stillbirth; uterine rupture.
Ophthalmology (FOI_7778)
The following information was requested:
I would be most grateful for your help. I am I am writing an paper of treatment of allergic eye
disease. This is often treated with steroid eye drops. I understand there have been legal cases
in the past regarding steroid induced glaucoma – as a result of treatment with steroid eye
drops.
Is there an easy way of getting a list of the medico-legal cases in ophthalmology, e.g. over the
past 10 years? Or perhaps the ones which passed through NHS resolutions? Unfortunately I’m
not aware of a directory of court cases to refer to.
(Please, see clarifications in the attached PDF.)
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