NHS Resolution told us it settles around 120 to 130 brain injury cases involving children every year, but historically it has taken an average of 11 or 12 years to settle each claim.43 We asked NHS Resolution what action it was taking to try to manage the cost of maternity claims. In response, NHS Resolution told us it has introduced an innovative early notification scheme for obstetric cerebral palsy.44 The scheme trials ways of managing maternity incidents to ensure a decision on liability is reached as early as possible.45 NHS Resolution told us this means it can learn from incidents more quickly and, where appropriate, make early interim payments to better support affected families. NHS Resolution hopes that the scheme will make the experience better for the victims of clinical negligence and reduce the costs in the longer term.46