Liam Byrne – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liam Byrne on 2016-01-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many medical negligence cases with a value of damages less than £25,000 there have been in each of the last five years in which (a) costs exceeded damages and (b) costs were challenged.
Ben Gummer
The question has been interpreted that by medical negligence they mean clinical negligence. The Department does not hold the requested data; it has been sourced from the NHS Litigation Authority (NHS LA).
The table below shows the number of clinical negligence claims closed in each of the last five years with a value of damages less than £25,000 in which costs exceeded damages.
|
Year of Closure |
Total Number Clinical Negligence Claims |
|
2010/11 |
1,588 |
|
2011/12 |
1,785 |
|
2012/13 |
1,925 |
|
2013/14 |
2,185 |
|
2014/15 |
2,417 |
Source: NHS LA
Date: 13 January 2016
In all cases claimant costs were challenged.
