§ Mr. LivseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many clinical negligence claims in Wales were settled by individual trusts in the last year. [76922]
Mr. Jon Owen JonesThe information is not centrally available in the format requested. However, the numbers of cases for those losses categories which can contain clinical negligence claims are in the following table.
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NHS trust Category 5 Compensation under legal obligation Category 7(b) Clinical negligence with advice Category 7(d) Other clinical negligence and personal injury Total Bridgend and District 0 88 0 88 Cardiff Community 0 1 1 2 Carmarthen and District 0 15 0 15 Ceredigion and Mid Wales 0 6 0 6 Clwydian Community Care 1 1 1 3 East Glamorgan NHS 2 9 6 17 Glan Clwyd 27 0 0 27 Glan Hafren 0 47 3 50 Glan y Mor 0 0 0 0 Gwent Community 1 0 0 1 Gwynedd Community 0 0 0 0 Gwynedd Hospitals 0 3 0 3 Llandough Hospital 0 4 0 4 Llanelli Dinefwr 0 9 0 9 Mid Glamorgan Ambulance 45 0 0 45 Morriston Hospital 0 7 0 7 Nevill Hall 0 13 0 13 North Glamorgan 4 3 0 7 North Wales Ambulance 0 0 0 0 Pembrokeshire/Derwen 1 16 0 17 Powys Healthcare 0 0 0 0 Rhondda Healthcare 0 13 0 13 South East Wales Ambulance 61 4 0 65 Swansea 0 42 0 42 University Dental Hospital 2 0 0 2 University Hospital of Wales 0 14 2 16 Velindre Hospital 0 0 0 0 West Wales Ambulance 0 27 27 54 Wrexham Maelor 0 21 21 42 Total 144 343 61 548 540W
Table 1: distribution of the additional resources made available in each local government settlement for care in the community £000 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 County councils Clwyd 6,830 9,173 7,269 — — — Dyfed 4,627 5,953 4,728 — — — Gwent 5,548 7,193 5,716 — — — Gwynedd 3,543 4,476 3,545 — — — Mid Glamorgan 5,081 6,289 4,996 — — — Powys 1,597 2,009 1,596 — — — South Glamorgan 4,916 6,264 4,981 — — — West Glamorgan 5,371 7,094 5,626 — — — County/county borough councils Isle of Anglesey — — — 608 462 494 Gwynedd — — — 1,143 897 920 Conwy — — — 1,087 856 935 Denbighshire — — — 868 688 731 Flintshire — — — 1,083 830 941 Wrexham — — — 1,007 769 898 Powys — — — 1,125 877 887 Ceredigion — — — 631 494 489 Pembrokeshire — — — 944 733 800 Carmarthenshire — — — 1,652 1,299 1,343 Swansea — — — 2,037 1,574 1,685 Neath Port Talbot — — — 1,311 1,036 1,093 Bridgend — — — 1,081 835 917 The Vale of Glamorgan — — — 908 691 790 Rhondda, Cynon, Taff — — — 2,312 1,807 1,766 Notes:
1. Categories 5 and 7(d) may contain cases other than clinical negligence.
2. Category 5 comprises claims paid under court order or settlement.
3. Category 7(b) includes claims paid on the basis of legal advice.
4. The data presented are based on cases approved in the financial year and payments may have been made in previous financial years.
Source:
Annual accounts of NHS trusts 1997–98
Following the transfer of functions, this issue will be a matter for the National Assembly.