Source · Clinical negligence

NHS Resolution: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Claims are counts, and payment amounts relate to the reporting year. Trust size, case mix and the time between an incident, claim and settlement affect comparisons; these figures are not a measure of current clinical risk.

28 claims (2024-25) £4.7M total payouts 6 years covered

Annual claims, damages, and legal costs per NHS trust. Covers the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST), Existing Liabilities Scheme (ELS), and Risk Pooling Scheme for Trusts (RPST). Source: NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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Claims and costs over time

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Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Selected trust · all indexed years · all schemes
Year	New claims	Damages (£m)	Total cost (£m)
2019-20	33	12.6692	12.6692
2020-21	22	9.0541	9.0541
2021-22	26	9.1588	9.1588
2022-23	27	5.6907	5.6907
2023-24	21	3.4989	3.4989
2024-25	28	4.6517	4.6517

National · all indexed years · all schemes
Year	New claims	Damages (£m)	Total cost (£m)
2019-20	12529	2198.5516000000002	2198.5516000000002
2020-21	10765	2062.3311	2062.3311
2021-22	10577	2205.8146	2205.8146
2022-23	11169	2382.1497999999997	2382.1497999999997
2023-24	14624	2580.5132999999996	2580.5132999999996
2024-25	11859	2799.5842000000002	2799.5842000000002

Fifteen trusts with the highest total damages

All indexed years · trusts with at least ten new claims. The selected trust is highlighted if it falls within this group. This is a comparison of payment totals, without adjustment for size or case mix.

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Trust	Damages (£m)
Barts Health NHS Trust	346.2
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust	278.4
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust	252.4
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust	250.5
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust	245.9
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust	245.6
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	233.6
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust	226.1
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust	224.1
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust	215.4
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust	200.1
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust	198.2
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust	190.4
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust	181.8
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust	181.6

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust received 28 new clinical negligence claims in 2024-25, with £4.7M in damages paid. · Damages paid divided by new claims: £166k. Payments and new claims may concern different cases; this is not the average settlement value.

Trust records

6 records · Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Trust	Year	Scheme	ODS	New claims	Damages	Legal costs
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	2024-25	CNST+ELS+RPST	RBD	28	£4,652k	£0k
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	2023-24	CNST+ELS+RPST	RBD	21	£3,499k	£0k
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	2022-23	CNST+ELS+RPST	RBD	27	£5,691k	£0k
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	2021-22	CNST+ELS+RPST	RBD	26	£9,159k	£0k
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	2020-21	CNST+ELS+RPST	RBD	22	£9,054k	£0k
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	2019-20	CNST+ELS+RPST	RBD	33	£12,669k	£0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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