Radiology (FOI_7283)

Freedom of information request details

FOI request date:

Service: Claims Management Cause: Failure To Interpret X-Ray, Failure/Delay Diagnosis Injury: Aneurysm, Brain Damage, Paraplegia, Spinal Damage, Stroke, Thrombosis/Embolism Specialty: Radiology

The following information was requested:

I am writing to request additional granular detail building upon the comprehensive radiology claims data you provided in response to FOI_6728. Thank you for that detailed breakdown covering the period 2019/20 to 2023/24.

I would be grateful if you could provide more specific information focusing on high-severity neurological and vascular injury claims within radiology. Specifically, I am requesting data for the five-year period covering financial years 2019/20 to 2023/24 where the specialty is ‘Radiology’ and meeting the following criteria:

Primary Cause Filter:

  • Failure To Interpret X-Ray
  • Failure/Delay Diagnosis

AND

Primary Injury Filter:

  • Brain Damage
  • Spinal Damage
  • Paraplegia
  • Stroke
  • Aneurysm
  • Thrombosis/Embolism

Requested Information:

For claims meeting the above criteria, please provide:

Number of claims broken down by:

  • Primary cause (Failure To Interpret X-Ray vs Failure/Delay Diagnosis)
  • Primary injury type
  • Member organisation (Trust name)

Financial breakdown including:

  • Total damages paid
  • NHS legal costs paid
  • Claimant legal costs paid
  • Total costs per Trust/member organisation
  • Claims closed with damages payment – full breakdown by Trust with associated costs
  • Claims closed with nil damages – numbers by Trust

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