This statistic displays the number of negligence claims reported to NHS England from the financial years 2010/11 to 2022/23, by type of claim. In 2022/23 there were over ** thousand clinical negligence claims reported to NHS England, a considerable decrease in the amount of clinical claims from the previous year.

In the financial year 2022/23, damages payments to claimants for clinical negligence claims reported to NHS England amounted to over *** billion British pounds. Although the number of clinical negligence claims reported to NHS England was lower in comparison to the previous years, the settlement amount was higher due to a rise in periodical payment order (PPO) claims. PPO claims are high-value claims that are paid out as a periodical payment order with payments provided over the claimant's remaining lifetime. This statistic displays the total value of damages paid to claimants for negligence claims reported to NHS England from 2017/18 to 2022/23, by claims type (in million GBP).

In 2022/23, ***** negligence claims filed to NHS England were in the obstetrics specialty. This statistic displays the number of clinical negligence claims received by NHS England under the top four specialties from the financial year 2019/20 to 2022/23.

This publication shows a count of written complaints made by (or on behalf of) patients, received between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 in England. The two data collections are: i) KO41a – NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) ii) KO41b – Primary Care (GP and Dental)

This statistic displays the share of clinical negligence claims received by NHS England in financial year 2022/23, by specialty area. In that year,obstetric received a ** percent share of the negligence claims filed to NHS England.

This statistical release makes available the most recent monthly data on NHS-funded maternity services in England, using data submitted to the Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS). This is the latest report from the newest version of the data set, MSDS.v.2, which has been in place since April 2019. The new data set was a significant change which added support for key policy initiatives such as continuity of carer, as well as increased flexibility through the introduction of new clinical coding. This was a major change, so data quality and coverage initially reduced from the levels seen in earlier publications. MSDS.v.2 data completeness improved over time, and we are looking at ways of supporting further improvements. This publication also includes the National Maternity Dashboard, which can be accessed via the link below. Data derived from SNOMED codes is used in some measures such as those for birthweight, and others will follow in later publications. SNOMED data is also included in some of the published Clinical Quality Improvement Metrics (CQIMs), where rules have been applied to ensure measure rates are calculated only where data quality is high enough. System suppliers are at different stages of development and delivery to trusts. In some cases, this has limited the aspects of data that can be submitted in the MSDS. To help Trusts understand to what extent they meet the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) Maternity Incentive Scheme (MIS) Data Quality Criteria for Safety Action 2 we produce a CNST Scorecard Dashboard showing trust performance against this criteria. Following the publication of the criteria for Year 7 for the Maternity Incentive Scheme in April, this MSDS release includes the third publication of the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts: Scorecard showing trust performance against the new criteria. The assessment month for Safety Action 2 will be final July 2025 data. This dashboard does include data for a few non-CNST MSDS data quality priorities, which are not assessed as part of the CNST Maternity Incentive Scheme. The percentages presented in this report are based on rounded figures and therefore may not total to 100%.