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NHS: Negligence

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 109776

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many negligence claims arising from accident and emergency care cited delays in a) triage and b) admission as a contributing factor.

Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed

NHS Resolution is the body that manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England. They are unable to provide a full response to the questions in the format requested without commissioning work to review files manually, which would incur disproportionate cost. NHS Resolution has published a thematic review titled Learning from Emergency Medicine compensation claims - NHS Resolution, which may be helpful.

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