NHS Resolution: Clinical Negligence

Annual claims, damages, and legal costs data per NHS trust. Covers the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST), Existing Liabilities Scheme (ELS), and Risk Pooling Scheme for Trusts (RPST).

222
NHS Trusts
6
Years Covered
£2799.6M
Payouts (2024-25)
11,859
Claims (2024-25)

Claims & Costs Trend

Most Claims (All Years)

NHS trusts received 11,859 new clinical negligence claims in 2024-25, with £2799.6M in damages paid. Average damages per claim: £236k. New claims down 18.9% year-on-year (2023-24 to 2024-25). Over 6 years (2019-20 to 2024-25): 71,523 claims totalling £14.2bn in damages.

Showing 1430 records

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RX1
166 claims £26,312k
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RNU
16 claims £1,157k
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RTH
101 claims £157k
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RTH
71 claims £30,848k
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RPG
31 claims £1,300k
Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RGM
Patient Safety Commissioner 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST N/A
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RT2
13 claims £998k
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RK9
77 claims £17,000k
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RHU
76 claims £45,873k
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RQW
56 claims £8,423k
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RCX
42 claims £4,174k
Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RPC
6 claims £245k
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RL1
11 claims £-4k
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RL1
7 claims £333k
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXE
5 claims £120k
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXE
13 claims £325k
Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RFR
60 claims £13,321k
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RHW
60 claims £35,751k
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST REF
78 claims £10,769k
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RH8
72 claims £20,145k
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RH8
67 claims £152k
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RAL
145 claims £317k
Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (The) 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RPY
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RAN
£354k
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RRJ
19 claims £1,293k
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RGM
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RA2
25 claims £6,241k
Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (The) 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RA2
£14k
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RD1
32 claims £7,937k
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RL4
95 claims £17,378k
Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (The) 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RL4
83 claims £165k
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RM3
229 claims £46,287k
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RNZ
39 claims £6,611k
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXK
80 claims £11,583k
Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXK
75 claims £65k
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RCU
14 claims £2,590k
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST TAH
6 claims £955k
Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST TAH
£327k
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RHQ
133 claims £36,035k
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RK5
63 claims £6,361k
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RXW
77 claims £23,025k
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST R1D
Solent NHS Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST R1C
£3,425k
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RH5
70 claims £32,330k
South Central Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RYE
South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RYE
23 claims £1,898k
South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RYD
£151k
South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RYD
24 claims £1,563k
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust 2023-24 CNST+ELS+RPST RW1
25 claims £1,838k
Data from NHS Resolution Annual Statistics. Published under Open Government Licence.