NHS Resolution are the “insurers” for the NHS in respect of clinical negligence claims made against them.

Each year they prepare an Annual Report and here are some key points taken from the Report;

• There is a very slight increase in claims made against the NHS in the last 12 months, an increase of 2%.

• The number of claims that were resolved in 2023/2024 decreased by 1% to 13382. Of those, 52% resulted in the payment of damages.

• 81% of clinical claims were resolved without litigation.

• 50% of resolved cases were for a value of £25,000.00 or below.

• 66% of cases taken to trial resulted in a successful outcome for the Defendant.

• The top 4 categories of claims are:-

• Emergency Medicine
• Obstetrics
• Orthopaedic Surgery
• General Surgery

• Damages payments for resolving clinical negligence cases in 2023/2024 rose by almost 6% to £2.1 billion.