Cost of Litigation in NHS Scotland

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Martin James Keatings

Dear Scottish Government,

Please provide the following:

1. The total cost to NHS Scotland of defending litigation from patients of their families in each of the previous 5 years.

2. A breakdown of the total cost to each of the 14 NHS Scotland health boards of defending litigation from patients of their families in each of the previous 5 years.

3. The number of cases brought against NHS Scotland in each of the previous 5 years.

4. The number of cases brought against each of the individual NHS boards in Scotland in each of the last 5 years.

5. The Total cost of "court ordered" financial settlements against NHS Scotland in each of the past 5 years.

6. The Total cost of "court ordered" financial settlements against each of the 14 individual NHS boards in Scotland.

7. The total cost of financial settlements "out of court" made by NHS Scotland.

8. The total cost of financial settlements "out of court" by each of the 14 individual NHS boards in Scotland.

Yours faithfully,

Martin James Keatings

Scottish Government

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Dear Mr Keatings

 

Please see the attached response to your recent Freedom of Information
request.

 

Regards

 

Nicola

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