Written question WQ94267
- Asked by
- Mabon ap GwynforPlaid
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 11 days
Question
Further to WQ93904, how many successful litigation cases were brought against the NHS each year since 2014?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The number of claims paid out each year since 2014, relating to clinical negligence cases, were as follows:
Financial year
number of claims
2023-24
1102
2022-23
781
2021-22
865
2020-21
779
2019-20
902
2018-19
985
2017-18
792
2016-17
759
2015-16
686
2014-15
702
Source: NHS Wales Summarised Accounts 2014-15 to 2023-24