§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the total amounts paid out by(a) NHS trusts and (b) health authorities, in response to negligence claims in each of the last 10 years; and if he will list the amounts by region. [18768]
§ Mr. HoramI refer the hon. Member to replies given to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 6 March 1995, columns41–42, and 17 May 1996, column 586, and to the hon. Member for Dulwich (Ms Jowell) on 28 November 1996, columns 371–72. These replies still give the current figures for clinical negligence for health authorities.
Further to the reply given to the hon. Member for Darlington on 4 December 1995, column 44, with regard to expenditure by trusts, the tables show the information given in that reply broken down by region.
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Clinical negligence claims settled in the year by NHS trusts £ thousand 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Northern 0 0 38 Yorkshire 2 3 48 Trent 8 5 10 East Anglian 0 0 0 North West Thames 133 140 203 North East Thames 0 31 64 South East Thames 0 28 370 South West Thames 137 21 35 Wessex 0 0 119
Clinical negligence claims settled in the year by NHS trusts £ thousand 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Oxford 0 0 24 South Western 0 99 155 West Midlands 0 0 25 Mersey 0 299 304 North Western 0 0 19 Total England 280 626 1,414 Source
NHS trust TAC summarisation schedules.
Clinical negligence claims settled in the year by NHS trusts, 1994–95 1994–95 £000 Northern and Yorkshire 241 Trent 100 Anglian and Oxford 229 North Thames 858 South Thames 642 South and West 841 West Midlands 26 North West 370 Total England 3,307 Source
NHS trust TAC summarisation schedules.