Health written question – answered at on 14 September 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid out in respect of (a) settled claims and (b) settled claims arising from maternity care under the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts.
The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) supplied the information requested in the following table. Before April 2002, the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) operated 'excess' levels where trusts, rather than the NHSLA, handled and settled claims below the excess level. These data do not include those claims.
Damages paid on all closed( 1) CNST claims and CNST claims settled as a periodical payment( 2) as at 31 August 2010 | |||
£ | |||
Type of settlement | Damages paid | Outstanding damages | Total damages |
All claims: | |||
Non-periodical payments | 1,727,050,445 | 0 | 1,727,050,445 |
Periodical payments | 580,814,825 | 698,151,389 | 1,278,966,214 |
Total | 2,307,865,270 | 698,151,389 | 3,006,016,659 |
Obstetric claims: | |||
Non-periodical payments | 498,303,176 | 0 | 498,303,176 |
Periodical payments | 398,946,088 | 482,031,956 | 880,978,044 |
Total | 897,249,264 | 482,031,956 | 1,379,281,220 |
(1) Closed claims are claims where final payment has been made. (2 )Periodical payments are claims where ongoing payments are made to the claimant |
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