Clinical negligence information

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Dear Yeovil District 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

Freedom Of Information, Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr Dale,

Freedom of Information Request (FOI 576)

Thank you for your request dated 19 February 2019. I can confirm that your request is being processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and that you will receive a written response within 20 working days from receipt of your request.

Kind Regards

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Freedom of Information Team

Dear Yeovil District 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

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Dear Mr Dale,

Thank you for your request dated 19 February 2019 under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Under section 1 (1) (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can confirm that Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (YDH) holds the requested information, and (b), is supplying it attached to this email.

If you are dissatisfied with this response, you may appeal to Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to complain about how your request has been handled. Your next course of action is to request the Information Commissioners Office to review our decision. Contact information is available on their website or you can write to them at: FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.

Should you have any queries or require clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards

Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Freedom of Information Team

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

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