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Clinical Negligence

Volume 456: debated on Monday 29 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the 10 largest claims awarded against her Department under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts; and what the cause of complaint was in each case. (117093)

The information requested is shown in the table.

10 largest settled clinical negligence scheme for trusts claims as at 31 December 2006

Cause of complaint

Damages paid (£)

Failure/delay in responding to an abnormal fetal heart rate

5,555,000

Delay in diagnosis of fetal distress

5,620,290

Informed consent not correctly obtained

5,624,976

Failure/delay in diagnosis

5,749,111

Failure to respond birth complications

5,793,782

Failure/delay in responding to an abnormal fetal heart rate

5,800,000

Failure/delay in diagnosis

6,248,845

Failure to monitor second stage labour

6,635,000

Failure to perform tests

8,300,000

Fail to diagnose pre-eclampsia

12,400,000