Clinical negligence information

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Dear Mersey Care 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,, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr Dale

Thank you for your request for information which is receiving our attention.

Your request was received on 19 February 2019, therefore you are entitled, under the Freedom of Information Act, to receive a response by 19 March 2019.

Your reference number is REF MCT/FOI/2019/4864.

Many thanks and kind regards,

The FOI Team
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Offices
V7, Kings Business Park
Prescot, Merseyside
L34 1PJ
Phone - 0151 473 2740
Email - [email address]
www.merseycare.nhs.uk

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Freedom Of Information,, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Dale

Please find herewith attached a reply to your Freedom of Information request.

Please also find herewith attached a Satisfaction Survey with regards to the service provided by our trust in respect of your request which we would be grateful if you could please complete and return at your earliest convenience.

Many thanks and kind regards,

The FOI Team
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Offices
V7, Kings Business Park
Prescot, Merseyside
L34 1PJ
Phone - 0151 473 2740
Email - [email address]
www.merseycare.nhs.uk

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