Freedom of Information disclosure log

Mental health claims (FOI_5778)

Service: Claims Management Speciality: Community Medicine/ Public Health, Psychiatry/ Mental Health

The following information was requested:

I request the following pieces of data from 2020-2023 (or thereabouts).

I request the following:

  • The average successful pay out for delayed diagnosis of mental health problems
  • The average successful pay out for false diagnosis of mental health problems
  • The average payout for patients who proved clinical negligence from a CMHT in regards to failure to assess them when they were eligible.
  • The average payout for emotional distress
  • The average payout for a Trust who initially deny a complaint then accept the complaint and accept liability
  • The average payout for clinical negligence contributing to psychosis and severe mental distress.
  • The average payout for clinical negligence which caused vomiting / physical ailment

Psychiatry and Mental Health (FOI_5757)

Service: Claims Management Speciality: Comm Mental Servs, Psychiatry/ Mental Health

The following information was requested:

Over the last 10 years how many claims are brought against Mental Health Trusts and what the nature of these are, how many are upheld, if they are settled, if they go to court, what the size of the settlements tend to be.

Workplace accidents or personal injury claims filed by NHS staff (FOI_5769)

The following information was requested:

1. How many workplace accidents or personal injury claims filed by NHS staff for each of these years [2017 – 2023]? If possible, could you please clarify the claims by type of role – ie, doctor, dentist or admin staff.

2. If the cost limit has not yet been reached, could you please provide the total figure in (£) for how much the NHS had paid out to staff for workplace accident or personal injury claims for each of the six given financial years.

3. (…), could you please provide the number of cases bought forward by NHS staff over each of the six given financial years for the categories below.

4. (…), could you please provide the total figure in (£) of money paid out to NHS staff who have bought these kind of claims for the categories below.

(a) Needlestick injuries
(b) Slips, trips and falls
(c) Muscular injuries
(d) Faulty equipment
(e) Injuries/illnesses caused by inadequate PPE
(f) Assault in the workplace
(g) Bullying and harassment in the workplace

5. (…), could you please categorise the answers given for question one into cases (a) won by claimant (b) won by the trust/employer (c) settled.

6. (…), please provide the (a) average payout for successful claims of this kind and (b) the highest individual payout awarded for each of the six years.

CNST Claims_and Claims that went to Trial (FOI_5774)

The following information was requested:

Please see below FOI request. Can you please complete the table with the accurate information? [please, see the table in the attached response.]

[Information requested: Number of CNST claims per year reported to NHSR; Number of CNST claims per year that resulted in some form of damages paid to the Claimant; Number of CNST claims taken to trial.]

Please let me know if anything needs clarifying.

Sexual Abuse (FOI_5761)

The following information was requested:

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, relating to compensation pay-outs for sexual misconduct complaints made against NHS staff. Sexual misconduct includes, but is not limited to, inappropriate comments; inappropriate touching, sexual harassment, sexual assault, indecent exposure, and rape.

I understand that you do not have specific coding for: sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual misconduct or rape. Please share information for [(cause code contains ‘sexual abuse’) or (cause code contains ‘assault’ and incident description contains ‘sex/ual’)].

[Please, see details of the request in the attached PDF document.]

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