Clinical Negligence Claims

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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the cost of clinical negligence claims against the NHS in each region in Wales in each year since 1994–95. [76909]

[holding answer 15 March 1999]: The information is not centrally available in the format requested. However, the cost of cases which include clinical negligence claims is in the following table.

£000
	1994–95	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98
Gwynedd Community	0	0	0	0
Gwynedd Hospitals	0	20	12	1
Llandough Hospital	3	0	58	35
Llanelli Dinefwr	0	40	0	14
Mid Glamorgan Ambulance	0	0	0	13
Morriston Hospital	0	5	21	28
Nevin Hall	0	0	5	37
North Glamorgan	—	—	0	71
North Wales Ambulance	0	0	24	0
Pembrokeshire	11	12	50	—
Pembrokeshire and Derwen¹	—	—	—	131
Powys Healthcare	0	0	84	0
Rhondda Healthcare	0	0	100	47
South East Wales Ambulance	5	121	23	48
Swansea	58	0	33	837
University Dental Hospital of Wales	—	2	0	2
University Hospital of Wales	—	0	51	38
Velindre Hospital	0	26	0	0
West Wales Ambulance	0	0	0	16
Wrexham Maelor	0	0	38	132
Sub-total	86	414	1,179	2,238
Health Authorities
Bro Taf	—	—	4,952	3,861
Dyfed Powys	—	—	979	758
Gwent	—	—	31	506
Morgannwg	—	—	408	147
North Wales	—	—	1,268	279
HPAW	—	—	0	0
WHCSA	—	—	0	0
Sub-total	—	—	7,638	5,551
District Health Authorities
Clwyd	513	624	—	—
Dyfed	250	561	—	—
Gwent	394	196	—	—
Gwynedd	85	454	—	—
Mid Glamorgan	1,497	1,498	—	—
Pembroke	48	—	—	—
Powys	67	27	—	—
South Glamorgan	724	503	—	—
West Glamorgan	1,752	955	—	—
HPAW	48	0	—	—
WHCSA	0	0	—	—
Sub-total	5,378	4,818
Total	5,464	5,232	8,817	7,789
¹Pembrokeshire and Derwen HNS trusts merged on 1 April 1997.

Notes:

1. Costs listed include: special payments—compensation under legal obligation; ex-gratia payments—clinical negligence with advice and other clinical negligence and personal injury. The first and third categories may contain cases other than clinical negligence.

2. Figures from health authorities are taken from financial returns and receipts and payments returns.

3. Figures from NHS trusts are taken from financial returns for 1995–96 to 1997–98: figures for 1994–95 are taken from the annual accounts and relate to clinical negligence costs written off in the year.

Source:

Audited annual accounts of NHS trusts, health and district health authorities from 1994–95 to 1997–98

Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.

Volume 329: debated on Tuesday 13 April 1999