FoI Number
2024-510
Subject
Clinical Negligence
Date Received
14/11/2024
Request and Response

For each clinical negligence case settled by your health board in each of the last two full financial years (2022/23, 2023/24) and so far this financial year (2024/25), please provide:

 

  1. The medical speciality concerned in the case

GP, various medical personnel.

  1. A short description of what occurred in the case to result in a claim of clinical negligence (i.e. failure, delay, misdiagnosis, etc.)

Failure to carry out routine investigation and a delay in diagnosis.

  1. Please also provide the total amount paid in compensation/damages as a result of settled negligence cases. Please break figures down for each year.

2022/23 £300,000.

2023/24 £0

2024/25 to date £0

  1. Please also provide details on how many claims of clinical negligence were received by the health board in each of the last two full financial years (2022/23, 2023/24) and so far this financial year (2024/25).

2022/23 0

2023/24 0

2024/25 1

  1. Please break these figures down, if possible, to show the nature of the clinical negligence claims.

See response to Q2