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NHS Resolution: Clinical Negligence

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.

222 NHS trusts 6 years covered £2799.6M payouts (2024-25) 11,859 claims (2024-25)

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.

NHS trusts received 11,859 new clinical negligence claims in 2024-25, with £2799.6M in damages paid. · Damages paid divided by new claims: £236k. Payments and new claims may concern different cases; this is not the average settlement value. · New claims down 18.9% year-on-year (2023-24 to 2024-25). · Over 6 years (2019-20 to 2024-25): 71,523 new claims and £14.2bn in recorded damages paid.

Trust records

1,430 records
Trust Year Scheme ODS New claims Damages Legal costs
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RXY 17 £1,551k £0k
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RYY 8 £1,628k £0k
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RNQ 49 £11,175k £0k
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RJZ 155 £45,032k £0k
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RAX 29 £14,384k £0k
Lancashire Care Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RW5 32 £1,269k £0k
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RXN 96 £18,984k £0k
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RGD 6 £127k £0k
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RY6 6 £13k £0k
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RR8 154 £42,006k £0k
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RT5 22 £952k £0k
Lewisham Healthcare NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RJ2 107 £33,086k £0k
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RY5 12 £142k £0k
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RP7 0 £296k £0k
Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RBQ 10 £382k £0k
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST REM 185 £12,980k £0k
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST REP 44 £8,283k £0k
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RRU 44 £4,688k £0k
Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RC9 74 £18,030k £0k
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RWF 117 £15,885k £0k
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST R0A 278 £54,469k £0k
Medway NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RPA 81 £9,120k £0k
Mersey Care NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RW4 62 £1,155k £0k
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RAJ 172 £58,262k £0k
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RBT 41 £11,205k £0k
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RRE 20 £991k £0k
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RXF 98 £24,885k £0k
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RD8 51 £7,570k £0k
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RP6 13 £1,497k £0k
NHS Blood and Transplant 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST T1460 9 £178k £0k
NHS Business Services Authority 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST T1450 0 £0k £0k
NHS Counter Fraud 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST T1540 0 £0k £0k
NHS Digital 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST HIC033 0 £0k £0k
NHS Litigation Authority 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST T1150 0 £0k £0k
NHS Property Company Limted 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST NPS033 57 £98k £0k
NHS Trust Development Authority 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST T1490 0 £0k £0k
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RMY 27 £666k £0k
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RY3 0 £467k £0k
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RNS 69 £9,691k £0k
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RP1 27 £1,900k £0k
North Bristol NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RVJ 74 £15,036k £0k
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RNN 74 £6,595k £0k
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RX6 22 £399k £0k
North East London NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RAT 30 £1,298k £0k
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RM3 208 £39,656k £0k
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RJL 108 £9,935k £0k
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RAP 59 £14,966k £0k
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RLY 6 £114k £0k
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RVW 56 £7,342k £0k
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RX4 26 £459k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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