Speeches

John Pugh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of contested cases have been successfully defended by the NHS Litigation Authority.

Mr Philip Dunne

In 2015/16 the NHS Litigation Authority took 124 contested cases to trial and won 75 of them, giving a success rate of 60%.

Source:

http://www.nhsla.com/AboutUs/Documents/NHS_Litigation_Authority_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2015-2016.pdf