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<p>General practitioners’ (GPs) and dentists’ indemnity to cover clinical negligence
payments is currently provided privately by Medical Defence Organisations. The Department
does not have access to this information regarding primary care and dentistry.</p><p>NHS
Resolution has provided the following information:</p><p>NHS Resolution has included
all clinical negligence claims, excluding those against independent sector organisations.</p><p>NHS
Resolution has advised that many of these claims have not been settled yet and so
the number of claims that have been taken to trial and the number of claims that have
closed with nil damages will increase over time. Likewise the time to resolution,
i.e. notification to settlement of damages, is based on claims that have settled so
far. This figure will change when further claims have been resolved, especially in
the more recent years.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows clinical negligence
claims notified 2007/08 to 2016/17 as at 31/03/2017 excluding claims against independent
sector organisations.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of Notification</p></td><td><p>Number
of Claims Received</p></td><td><p>Number of Claims Settled with Nil Damages</p></td><td><p>Number
of Claims that have gone to Trial</p></td><td><p>Average Time from Notification to
Settlement of Damages (years)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>5,468</p></td><td><p>1,933</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>1.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>6,092</p></td><td><p>2,121</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1.44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>6,656</p></td><td><p>1,897</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>1.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>8,642</p></td><td><p>2,651</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>1.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>9,132</p></td><td><p>2,840</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>1.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>10,117</p></td><td><p>3,343</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>1.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>11,908</p></td><td><p>3,968</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>1.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>11,404</p></td><td><p>3,758</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>1.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>10,841</p></td><td><p>3,231</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>10,441</p></td><td><p>1,314</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.48</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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