§ Mr. MooreTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the cost of clinical negligence claims to the NHS in(a) each region and (b) each NHS trust in each year since 1994–95. [77136]
§ Mr. GalbraithThe cost of clinical negligence claims to the NHS for each Health Board area including NHS Trusts since 1994–95 is set out in the table.
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£ Health Boards 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Argyll and Clyde 197,498 280,773 510,273 741,762 Ayrshire and Arran 57,364 56,716 326,326 130,642 Dumfries and Galloway 46,542 90,737 133,786 85,950 Fife 29,940 81,786 102,380 159,395 Forth Valley 34,997 160,246 1,098,758 226,587 Grampian 136,643 72,993 299,778 106,960 Greater Glasgow 1,033,819 1,459,505 1,136,008 1,376,359 Highland 15,027 224,809 48,968 423,764 Lanarkshire 351,484 123,895 108,350 98,373 Lothian 1,344,507 1,418,026 560,583 474,911 Tayside 132,572 97,698 179,013 256,741 Other Boards 13,583 54,500 92,480 62,685 Total 3,393,976 4,121,684 4,596,703 4,144,129 The information has been aggregated at Health Board level to protect patient confidentiality at Trusts where only one, or very few, claims have been settled. Similarly, Health Boards which have only a small number of claims have been aggregated to protect patient confidentiality.
From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.