NHS Litigation Authority
- Abstract
- The NHSLA handles negligence claims and works to improve risk management practices in the NHS. They are also responsible for resolving disputes between practitioners and primary care trusts, giving advice to the NHS on human rights case law and handling equal pay claims on behalf of the NHS.
- Main Topics/Subject Category
- Litigation
- Variables
- Payments made, claims received, claims, incidents, total matters
- Keywords
- Litigation, claims, risk management, FHS appeal, finance, appeals
- Identifier Variables
- PCT, SHA
- Economic/Subject Categories
- Litigation, Patient safety
- Area of Health System
- Other
- Data Available
- Socio-economic
- Data collecting organization (s)
- NHSLA
- Data Type
- Administrative
- National/Regional
- National
- Coverage (date of field work)
- 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- Unit of Analysis
- Aggregate
- Sample
- Varies each year. In 2008/09, 6,080 claims of clinical negligence and 3,743 claims of non-clinical negligence against NHS bodies were received by the Authority, up from 5,470 claims of clinical negligence and 3,380 claims of non-clinical negligence in 2007/08. £769 million was paid in connection with clinical negligence claims during 2008/09, up from £633 million in 2007/08.
- Availability
- NHS Litigation Authority
- Conditions of Access
- Free access
- Link
- http://www.nhsla.com/Publications/ (Click on NHSLA factsheet for statistics)
- Contact
- http://www.nhsla.com/ContactUs/
- Publications
- Paul Fenn, Stephen Diacon, Alastair Gray, Ron Hodges, Neil Rickman. Current cost of medical negligence in NHS hospitals: analysis of claims database. BMJ 2000;320:1567-1571