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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
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RP6 16 £1,456k £0k
NHS Blood and Transplant 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST T1460 10 £298k £0k
NHS Business Services Authority 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST T1450 0 £0k £0k
NHS Counter Fraud 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST T1540 0 £0k £0k
NHS Digital 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST HIC033 0 £0k £0k
NHS Litigation Authority 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST T1150 0 £0k £0k
NHS Property Company Limted 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST NPS033 60 £126k £0k
NHS Trust Development Authority 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST T1490 0 £6,564k £0k
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RMY 18 £999k £0k
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RY3 0 £74k £0k
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RNS 57 £12,236k £0k
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RP1 16 £0k £0k
North Bristol NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RVJ 72 £15,859k £0k
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RNN 50 £10,845k £0k
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RX6 17 £302k £0k
North East London NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RAT 28 £583k £0k
Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RM3 192 £39,220k £0k
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RBZ 32 £4,075k £0k
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RJL 90 £11,286k £0k
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RAP 26 £30,087k £0k
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RLY 6 £14k £0k
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RVW 61 £15,086k £0k
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RX4 25 £622k £0k
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RTF 74 £5,669k £0k
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RX7 63 £3,009k £0k
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RGN 83 £14,559k £0k
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RHA 55 £1,506k £0k
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RX1 136 £30,601k £0k
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RNU 19 £1,420k £0k
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RTH 104 £34,714k £0k
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RPG 23 £723k £0k
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RGM 0 £437k £0k
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RT2 30 £698k £0k
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RK9 78 £14,072k £0k
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RHU 72 £27,570k £0k
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RQW 47 £6,134k £0k
Public Health England 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST T1310 0 £0k £0k
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RCX 37 £2,434k £0k
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RPC 6 £214k £0k
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RL1 8 £2,617k £0k
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RXE 19 £692k £0k
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RFR 48 £7,716k £0k
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RHW 53 £21,651k £0k
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST REF 60 £7,310k £0k
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RH8 39 £13,169k £0k
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RRJ 15 £1,494k £0k
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RA2 28 £14,805k £0k
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RD1 31 £17,920k £0k
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RL4 91 £12,952k £0k
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RNZ 30 £5,630k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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