Written Question · S3W-11099 · Session 3
Whether it will publish the number of cases in which the NHS has been guilty of clinical negligence in each year since 1997, providing deta…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the number of cases in which the NHS has been guilty of clinical negligence in each year since 1997, providing details of compensation paid out in each year both nationally and by NHS board.
The answer
The following tables detail the numbers of clinical negligence cases that settled in the financial years 1996-97 to 2006-07.
Health Board
| 1996-97
| 1997-98
| 1998-99
| 1999-2000
| 2000-01
Ayrshire and Arran
| 15
| 6
| 6
| 5
| 11
Argyll and Clyde
| 30
| 13
| 14
| 13
| 14
Borders
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
Dumfries and Galloway
| 4
| 2
| 8
| 7
| 2
Fife
| 14
| 10
| 9
| 8
| 12
Forth Valley
| 11
| 11
| 9
| 6
| 15
Grampian
| 11
| 13
| 8
| 11
| 19
Greater Glasgow
| 22
| 32
| 48
| 43
| 42
Highland
| 2
| 9
| 5
| 6
| 6
Lanarkshire
| 15
| 9
| 10
| 8
| 10
Health Board
| 1996-97
| 1997-98
| 1998-99
| 1999-2000
| 2000-01
Ayrshire and Arran
| 15
| 6
| 6
| 5
| 11
Argyll and Clyde
| 30
| 13
| 14
| 13
| 14
Borders
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
Dumfries and Galloway
| 4
| 2
| 8
| 7
| 2
Fife
| 14
| 10
| 9
| 8
| 12
Forth Valley
| 11
| 11
| 9
| 6
| 15
Grampian
| 11
| 13
| 8
| 11
| 19
Greater Glasgow
| 22
| 32
| 48
| 43
| 42
Highland
| 2
| 9
| 5
| 6
| 6
Lanarkshire
| 15
| 9
| 10
| 8
| 10
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-11099 by reference.