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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
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RX1 166 £26,312k £0k
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RNU 16 £1,157k £0k
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RTH 101 £157k £0k
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RTH 71 £30,848k £0k
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RPG 31 £1,300k £0k
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RGM 0 £0k £0k
Patient Safety Commissioner 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST N/A 0 £0k £0k
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RT2 13 £998k £0k
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RK9 77 £17,000k £0k
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RHU 76 £45,873k £0k
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RQW 56 £8,423k £0k
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RCX 42 £4,174k £0k
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RPC 6 £245k £0k
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RL1 11 £-4k £0k
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RL1 7 £333k £0k
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXE 5 £120k £0k
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXE 13 £325k £0k
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RFR 60 £13,321k £0k
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RHW 60 £35,751k £0k
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST REF 78 £10,769k £0k
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RH8 72 £20,145k £0k
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RH8 67 £152k £0k
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RAL 145 £317k £0k
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (The) 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RPY 0 £0k £0k
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RAN 0 £354k £0k
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RRJ 19 £1,293k £0k
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RGM 0 £0k £0k
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RA2 25 £6,241k £0k
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (The) 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RA2 0 £14k £0k
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RD1 32 £7,937k £0k
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RL4 95 £17,378k £0k
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (The) 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RL4 83 £165k £0k
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RM3 229 £46,287k £0k
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RNZ 39 £6,611k £0k
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXK 80 £11,583k £0k
Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXK 75 £65k £0k
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RCU 14 £2,590k £0k
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST TAH 6 £955k £0k
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST TAH 0 £327k £0k
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RHQ 133 £36,035k £0k
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RK5 63 £6,361k £0k
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXW 77 £23,025k £0k
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST R1D 0 £0k £0k
Solent NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST R1C 0 £3,425k £0k
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RH5 70 £32,330k £0k
South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RYE 0 £0k £0k
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RYE 23 £1,898k £0k
South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RYD 0 £151k £0k
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RYD 24 £1,563k £0k
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RW1 25 £1,838k £0k

Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics.

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