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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
Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RA9 54 £12,035k £0k
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RWD 151 £20,253k £0k
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RRV 78 £34,578k £0k
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RJE 117 £24,774k £0k
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RRK 239 £34,473k £0k
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RA7 58 £17,042k £0k
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RKB 101 £14,586k £0k
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RTG 157 £33,907k £0k
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RWE 178 £51,082k £0k
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RTX 63 £14,917k £0k
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RHM 92 £16,410k £0k
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RBK 83 £11,000k £0k
Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RET 27 £5,733k £0k
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RWW 96 £8,726k £0k
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RYR 71 £19,921k £0k
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RWG 52 £16,400k £0k
West London Mental Health NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RKL 24 £2,443k £0k
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RYA 41 £5,154k £0k
Weston Area Health NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RA3 17 £3,734k £0k
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RGR 33 £11,854k £0k
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RKE 34 £4,650k £0k
Wirral Community NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RY7 0 £380k £0k
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RBL 91 £10,351k £0k
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RWP 105 £21,230k £0k
Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST R1A 15 £470k £0k
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RRF 86 £11,065k £0k
Wye Valley NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RLQ 22 £3,521k £0k
Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RA4 25 £2,270k £0k
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RX8 57 £4,273k £0k
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2019-20 CNST+ELS+RPST RCB 90 £14,316k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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