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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
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RTF 88 £6,416k £0k
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RX7 51 £2,558k £0k
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RGN 75 £16,930k £0k
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RHA 59 £1,566k £0k
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RX1 133 £42,424k £0k
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RNU 11 £1,163k £0k
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RTH 78 £31,994k £0k
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RPG 35 £767k £0k
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RGM 0 £2,379k £0k
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RT2 21 £870k £0k
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RK9 99 £13,390k £0k
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RHU 88 £14,649k £0k
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RQW 42 £6,286k £0k
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RCX 41 £3,308k £0k
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RPC 0 £109k £0k
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RL1 7 £411k £0k
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RXE 5 £0k £0k
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RFR 56 £5,848k £0k
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RHW 54 £27,597k £0k
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST REF 72 £17,513k £0k
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RH8 79 £9,521k £0k
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RRJ 9 £960k £0k
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RA2 41 £15,218k £0k
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RD1 45 £9,884k £0k
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RL4 114 £29,923k £0k
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RNZ 37 £7,404k £0k
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RXK 89 £8,282k £0k
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RCU 8 £806k £0k
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST TAH 13 £23k £0k
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RHQ 147 £31,971k £0k
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RK5 56 £13,710k £0k
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RXW 86 £13,710k £0k
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST R1D 5 £228k £0k
Solent NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST R1C 5 £852k £0k
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RH5 54 £19,614k £0k
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RYE 34 £698k £0k
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RYD 23 £499k £0k
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RW1 18 £2,591k £0k
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RV5 30 £1,130k £0k
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RVY 58 £7,128k £0k
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RTR 99 £12,964k £0k
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST R0B 84 £10,830k £0k
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RJC 38 £4,093k £0k
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RYF 30 £3,752k £0k
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RQY 12 £255k £0k
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RXG 12 £36k £0k
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RJ7 73 £22,192k £0k
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RBN 85 £9,027k £0k
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RWJ 49 £12,127k £0k
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2022-23 CNST+ELS+RPST RXX 14 £1,103k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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