§ Mr. LivseyTo 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]
Mr. Jon Owen Jones[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.
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£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.