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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
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RX4 26 £1,016k £0k
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RTF 69 £8,870k £0k
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RX7 52 £1,910k £0k
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RGN 69 £14,317k £0k
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RHA 54 £2,050k £0k
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RX1 117 £32,068k £0k
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RNU 16 £476k £0k
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RTH 95 £17,247k £0k
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RPG 30 £1,363k £0k
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RGM 7 £1,191k £0k
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RW6 197 £39,071k £0k
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RT2 19 £493k £0k
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RK9 83 £12,520k £0k
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RHU 59 £41,649k £0k
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RQW 55 £9,173k £0k
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RCX 38 £7,862k £0k
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RPC 8 £588k £0k
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RL1 0 £585k £0k
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RXE 15 £616k £0k
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RFR 43 £8,791k £0k
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RHW 44 £22,274k £0k
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RT3 0 £0k £0k
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST REF 69 £8,914k £0k
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RH8 62 £5,728k £0k
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RRJ 15 £2,109k £0k
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RA2 26 £7,704k £0k
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RD1 37 £5,239k £0k
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RL4 96 £22,480k £0k
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RM3 63 £15,723k £0k
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RNZ 38 £3,575k £0k
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RXK 89 £16,148k £0k
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RCU 5 £842k £0k
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST TAH 7 £340k £0k
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RHQ 147 £24,997k £0k
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RK5 52 £7,911k £0k
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RXW 113 £14,199k £0k
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST R1D 0 £231k £0k
Solent NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST R1C 5 £765k £0k
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RH5 43 £7,476k £0k
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RYE 19 £3,622k £0k
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RYD 21 £2,287k £0k
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RW1 25 £545k £0k
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RV5 20 £1,515k £0k
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RVY 67 £5,221k £0k
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RTR 106 £15,960k £0k
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST R0B 95 £14,102k £0k
South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RJC 35 £3,225k £0k
South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RYF 30 £3,590k £0k
South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RQY 6 £901k £0k
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RXG 17 £690k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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