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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
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST R1K 85 £542k £0k
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RWF 73 £21,336k £0k
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST R0A 249 £60,345k £0k
Medway NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RPA 65 £50,496k £0k
Mersey and West Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RBN 149 £38,831k £0k
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RW4 0 £424k £0k
Mersey Care NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RW4 75 £2,410k £0k
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RAJ 204 £64,291k £0k
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RBT 62 £7,944k £0k
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RRE 23 £7,609k £0k
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXF 130 £24,487k £0k
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXF 125 £169k £0k
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RD8 34 £12,954k £0k
Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RP6 16 £2,257k £0k
National Health Service Litigation Authority 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST T1150 0 £0k £0k
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (The) 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RTD 146 £0k £0k
NHS Blood and Transplant 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST T1460 17 £286k £0k
NHS Blood & Transplant 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST T1460 6 £25k £0k
NHS Business Services Authority 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST T1450 6 £19k £0k
NHS Counter Fraud 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST T1540 0 £0k £0k
NHS Counter Fraud Authority 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST T1540 0 £0k £0k
NHS Digital 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST HIC033 0 £0k £0k
NHS Litigation Authority 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST T1150 0 £0k £0k
NHS Property Company Limted 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST NPS033 47 £95k £0k
NHS Property Services Limited 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST NPS033 0 £585k £0k
NHS Trust Development Authority 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST T1490 0 £0k £0k
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RMY 16 £3,445k £0k
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RY3 7 £54k £0k
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RM1 76 £69k £0k
Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RNS 70 £15,273k £0k
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RP1 15 £489k £0k
North Bristol NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RVJ 52 £15,909k £0k
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RNN 53 £354k £0k
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RX6 26 £1,814k £0k
North East London NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RAT 24 £984k £0k
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RM3 229 £540k £0k
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RJL 80 £16,441k £0k
Northern Lincolnshire & Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RJL 92 £596k £0k
North London NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST TAF 0 £361k £0k
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RAP 68 £9,128k £0k
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RLY 0 £577k £0k
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RVW 50 £21,150k £0k
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RVW 68 £0k £0k
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RX4 28 £429k £0k
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RTF 72 £16,406k £0k
North West Ambulance NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RX7 33 £899k £0k
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RX7 58 £2,218k £0k
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RGN 82 £22,438k £0k
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RHA 40 £614k £0k
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RHA 46 £3,012k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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