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Colchester Hospital Millions of pounds in damages were paid out last year following serious mistakes in care at the East Suffolk and North Essex Trust, figures reveal. Someone can bring a claim against an NHS trust if it is believed they, or a family member, suffered harm or died due to negligent treatment. Data from NHS Resolution, which handles such cases on behalf of the NHS, reveals 91 clinical negligence claims against East Suffolk And North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Colchester Hospital, were successful in 2019-20. A total damages bill of £11.8 million was paid out ...

ALMOST three million pounds in damages was paid out following serious mistakes in care at the trust that runs Andover hospital, new figures reveal. There were 30 successful claims of clinical negligence against Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT), who also run Basingstoke and Winchester hospitals, in 2019-20. Legal costs related to these claims totalled £349,442, with the number of successful claims against HHFT up by 11 per cent in comparison to the year before. Someone can bring a claim against an NHS trust if it is believed they, or a family member, suffered harm or di...

By Ann Yip ann_yip Audience and content editor / Follow me: facebook.com/annyipjournalist Millions of pounds paid out in negligence claims against West Hertfordshire Hospitals. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire Millions of pounds in damages were paid out last year following serious mistakes in care at West Hertfordshire Hospitals, figures reveal. Someone can bring a claim against an NHS trust if it is believed they, or a family member, suffered harm or died due to negligent treatment....

NEARLY £10m in medical negligence claims have been paid out by an NHS trust, and its predecessors, in two years, figures reveal. Data, about the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, comes from NHS Resolution, the organisation which handles negligence cases. In 2019-20 it revealed 31 successful claims against the trust, which runs hospitals in north and west Cumbria, with the bill running to £905,804, plus legal costs of £291,637. However, this is dwarfed by the £9m paid in damages, on behalf of the trust's two predecessors, for 41 successful cases in 2018-19. A sp...

ALMOST three million pounds in damages was paid out following serious mistakes in care at the trust that runs Winchester hospital, new figures reveal. There were 30 successful claims of clinical negligence against Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT), who also run Basingstoke and Andover hospitals, in 2019-20. Legal costs related to these claims totalled £349,442, with the number of successful claims against HHFT up by 11 per cent in comparison to the year before. Someone can bring a claim against an NHS trust if it is believed they, or a family member, suffered harm or di...