§ Dr. D. Johnsonasked the Minister of Health the number of legal actions in which the National Health Service, or 126W any of its employees, have been defendant in each year since the inception of the service; and the total cost to the Exchequer, year by year, in settling such actions, including both those in which judgment has been given and those settled out of court.
§ Mr. R. ThompsonThe only statistics centrally available are the total amounts paid in compensation of all kinds by hospital authorities and Executive Councils in England and Wales, whether or not legal action was involved. These are as follows:
Period ended 31st March, 1949 7,560 Period ended 31st March, 1950 23,636 Period ended 31st March, 1951 38,556 Period ended 31st March, 1952 106,574 Period ended 31st March, 1953 152,590 Period ended 31st March, 1954 159,047 Period ended 31st March, 1955 91,535 Period ended 31st March, 1956 110,321 Period ended 31st March, 1957 116,136 Period ended 31st March, 1958 100,826