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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
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RJ7 96 £16,410k £0k
St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RBN 72 £8,189k £0k
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RWJ 63 £6,750k £0k
Supply Chain Coordination Limited 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST N/A 0 £0k £0k
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RXX 7 £339k £0k
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RTP 40 £13,715k £0k
Sussex Community NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RDR 10 £309k £0k
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RX2 19 £1,254k £0k
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RMP 50 £8,747k £0k
Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RBA 0 £0k £0k
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RNK 6 £16k £0k
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RX3 20 £405k £0k
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RNA 61 £8,236k £0k
The London North West Health Care NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST R1K 73 £22,588k £0k
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RTD 98 £21,668k £0k
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RM1 69 £17,678k £0k
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RAL 95 £38,889k £0k
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RPY 12 £1,001k £0k
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RAN 6 £6,382k £0k
Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RA9 44 £11,134k £0k
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RWD 159 £26,425k £0k
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RRV 71 £13,854k £0k
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RJE 119 £20,354k £0k
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RRK 244 £37,742k £0k
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RA7 57 £17,151k £0k
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RKB 95 £14,026k £0k
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST R0D 53 £13,851k £0k
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RTG 131 £18,447k £0k
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RWE 154 £26,631k £0k
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RTX 44 £16,524k £0k
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RHM 67 £12,952k £0k
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RBK 71 £11,537k £0k
Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RET 22 £5,534k £0k
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RWW 56 £9,268k £0k
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RYR 66 £38,297k £0k
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RWG 56 £12,406k £0k
West London Mental Health NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RKL 32 £1,224k £0k
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RYA 37 £1,586k £0k
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RGR 28 £4,306k £0k
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RKE 32 £7,039k £0k
Wirral Community NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RY7 5 £144k £0k
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RBL 67 £7,875k £0k
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RWP 84 £15,773k £0k
Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST R1A 11 £1,495k £0k
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RRF 99 £13,913k £0k
Wye Valley NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RLQ 23 £4,024k £0k
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RA4 23 £9,108k £0k
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RX8 37 £936k £0k
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2020-21 CNST+ELS+RPST RCB 66 £15,490k £0k
5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RTV 20 £447k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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