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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
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RXK 99 £14,582k £0k
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RCU 0 £1,203k £0k
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST TAH 12 £633k £0k
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RHQ 115 £25,861k £0k
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RK5 58 £13,312k £0k
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RXW 65 £15,768k £0k
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST R1D 0 £87k £0k
Solent NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST R1C 0 £825k £0k
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RH5 38 £10,163k £0k
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RYE 20 £5,202k £0k
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RYD 17 £1,891k £0k
Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RAJ 199 £35,926k £0k
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RW1 21 £1,507k £0k
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RV5 22 £574k £0k
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RVY 46 £4,982k £0k
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RTR 85 £11,137k £0k
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST R0B 82 £12,799k £0k
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RJC 28 £3,392k £0k
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RYF 23 £2,032k £0k
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RQY 11 £543k £0k
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RXG 9 £163k £0k
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RJ7 66 £34,943k £0k
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RBN 92 £9,992k £0k
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RWJ 42 £13,814k £0k
Supply Chain Coordination Limited 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST N/A 0 £0k £0k
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RXX 19 £901k £0k
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RTP 47 £14,796k £0k
Sussex Community NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RDR 16 £216k £0k
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RX2 23 £501k £0k
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RMP 72 £5,904k £0k
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RNK 0 £15k £0k
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RX3 39 £903k £0k
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RNA 56 £9,175k £0k
The London North West Health Care NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST R1K 87 £30,997k £0k
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RTD 110 £23,156k £0k
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RM1 71 £42,078k £0k
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RAL 77 £29,725k £0k
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RPY 9 £2,530k £0k
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RAN 18 £2,984k £0k
Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RA9 38 £7,619k £0k
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RWD 132 £22,883k £0k
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RRV 55 £11,824k £0k
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RJE 105 £14,775k £0k
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RRK 209 £39,804k £0k
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RA7 66 £19,678k £0k
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RKB 86 £15,106k £0k
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST R0D 47 £12,770k £0k
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RTG 116 £27,138k £0k
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RWE 116 £38,947k £0k
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 2021-22 CNST+ELS+RPST RTX 51 £12,662k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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