Dear Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,

I’m writing to obtain the following information relating specifically to your NHS Trust under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:

1. What is the number of serious incident reviews relating to clinical negligence at your hospitals in 2016, 2017 and 2018?

2. What is the monetary value of successful clinical negligence claims made against your hospitals in 2016, 2017 and 2018?

3. In the last three years (2016, 2017 & 2018), what is the number of settled negligence claims where damages have been paid (number of cases and total monetary value) in relation to:
- Allegations of late diagnosis / misdiagnosis
- Allegations of negligence leading to amputation
- Cases involving stillbirth or neonatal death
- Cases involving delayed diagnosis of cancer
- Cases involving medication errors
- Legal cases alleging clinical negligence which have taken more than 5 years to reach

If you need clarification on any of these questions, please let me know.

Yours faithfully,

Will Dale

Accesstoinformationoffice (WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Dale

 

We acknowledge receipt of your request for information received in this
office on 19^th February 2019.

 

Please note, as the Freedom of Information Act requires us to produce your
requested information within 20 working days, any information we hold
should be sent out by 19^th March 2019.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Jan Taylor

 

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Dear Mr Dale,

 

We do apologise profusely for the continued delay in responding to your
request for information.

 

Please be advised your request is currently being processed but we are
still awaiting information from the department supplying the response on
behalf of the Trust. We have sent a reminder to them today.

 

Therefore, we would respectfully like to request more time in which to
respond.

 

Hopefully a full and final response should be with you shortly.

 

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Jan Taylor

 

Sent by Jan Taylor (Mrs) on behalf of Lin Snow

Head of Information Governance & Records Management

Data Protection Officer and Copyright Lead

With responsibility for Data Quality, Clinical Coding & Information
Security

Information Governance Department

 

Direct dial: 0151 604 7120

Internal extension: 8477

Email [1][Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust request email]

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Dear Mr Dale

                                                  

 

Please find attached our response to your recent request for information
in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act.

 

We also would like to offer our sincere apologies again for the delay you
have experienced in receiving this information.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Jan Taylor

 

Sent by Jan Taylor (Mrs) on behalf of Lin Snow

Head of Information Governance & Records Management

Data Protection Officer and Copyright Lead

With responsibility for Data Quality, Clinical Coding & Information
Security

Information Governance Department

 

Direct dial: 0151 604 7120

Internal extension: 8477

Email [1][Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust request email]

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