§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 28 March,Official Report, column 600, if she will now publish the information on medical negligence claims for 1992–93.
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§ Dr. MawhinneyThe available information supplied by national health service bodies on the number of cases settled and on the total costs of damages awarded together with legal costs is shown in the table. The information is incomplete because not all NHS bodies have submitted returns.
1992–93 Region Cases Cost £ Northern 344 3,395,500 Yorkshire 49 1,720,000 Trent 105 2,952,700 East Anglian 37 3,294,700 North West Thames 183 6,209,500 North East Thames 76 1,624,200 South East Thames 117 5,714,042 South West Thames 64 2,542,700 Wessex 72 681,100
District nurses, health visitors, community psychiatric nursing and hospital nursing and midwives in central, north, south east and west Birmingham DHA areas at 30 September 1983 to 1992
Whole-time equivalents
District nurses Health visitors Community psychiatric nursing Hospital nurses and midwives Practice nurses (Birmingham FHSA at 1 October) 1983 160 190 20 9,740 39 1984 160 190 20 9,680 436 1985 190 200 40 9,750 62 1986 190 220 50 9,550 44 1987 180 230 70 9,630 50 1988 180 220 70 9,490 68 1989 210 220 80 9,550 86 1990 220 220 90 9,500 123 1991 220 220 90 9,660 140 1992 210 210 90 9,660 177 Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.
2. Agency nurses are excluded.
3. In 1992 there were approximately 18,300 project 2000 nurses in England. 4 At 1 July.