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Numbers and values of closed obstetrics claims by year since 1995
NHSLA notification year Number of claims Damages paid (£) Defence costs paid (£) Claimant costs paid (£) Total paid (£)

1995-96

20

5,417,067

203,938

369,449

5,990,454

1996-97

95

45,301,545

2,220,487

4,622,019

52,144,050

1997-98

120

33,496,440

2,228,494

3,762,454

39,487,387

1998-99

198

37,430,932

3,138,317

4,778,256

45,347,505

1999-2000

347

56,064,232

5,786,991

8,472,891

70,324,114

2000-01

419

68,584,013

6,524,745

8,169,565

83,278,323

2001-02

837

43,369,399

8,428,152

11,039,158

62,836,709

2002-03

828

31,478,208

5,492,940

10,327,096

47,298,243

2003-04

652

20,481,953

2,795,414

5,310,219

28,587,586

2004-05

561

11,067,514

1,915,640

3,873,399

16,856,553

2005-06

466

3,501,356

899,224

2,395,002

6,795,582

2006-07

304

1,604,464

239,987

967,494

2,811,944

2007-08 so far

70

125,198

10,126

96,790

232,114

Total

4,917

357,922,318

39,884,453

64,183,793

461,990,565


Numbers and values of all obstetrics claims by year since 1995
NHSLA notification year Number of claims Provision (£) Damages paid (£) Defence costs paid (£) Claimant costs paid (£) Total paid (£)

1995-96

21

65,910

5,677,067

259,654

465,449

6,402,171

1996-97

110

20,713,281

59,830,462

3,221,480

6,387,140

69,439,082

1997-98

158

69,061,487

70,387,514

5,535,259

8,286,022

84,208,795

1998-99

234

65,345,652

70,313,002

5,457,179

8,083,107

83,853,288

1999-2000

407

90,270,296

115,679,850

10,257,421

14,793,239

140,730,509

2000-01

496

111,124,415

105,587,407

11,098,841

12,693,796

129,380,044

2001-02

939

153,984,627

81,878,324

13,586,063

15,147,218

110,611,604

2002-03

923

156,242,842

61,188,881

9,735,264

14,126,204

85,050,349

2003-04

754

150,071,824

41,392,290

6,162,259

7,064,031

54,618,580

2004-05

702

112,589,541

22,534,950

4,594,995

5,514,536

32,644,481

2005-06

675

158,600,728

14,603,236

3,498,095

3,992,015

22,093,345

2006-07

590

140,322,361

4,468,022

1,748,162

1,711,580

7,927,764

2007-08 so far

438

122,591,874

518,817

319,823

233,952

1,072,593

Total

6,447

1,350,984,839

654,059,822

75,474,493

98,498,289

828,032,604

Notes:
NHSLA Notification year relates to the year the claim was notified to the NHSLA, and not the year the incident occurred nor the year the claim was settled.
Open claims include claims where damages have been agreed but final payments have not yet been paid.
Provisions denote the likely amount that the NHSLA expects to pay on the claim, given current available data, should it be successful. Provisions are subject to change over time.
Data shown is valid for the period up to 20 March 2008.
Source:
NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA).

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patient safety incidents relating to maternity services were reported to the National Patient Safety Agency in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [195750]

Ann Keen: The number of patient safety incidents relating to maternity services reported to the National Patient Safety Agency is shown in the following table:

Year reported Frequency

2005

28,891

2006

50,608

2007

74,986


The increase in the number of incidents reported annually reflects the trend in all incident reporting. An increased number of reported incidents does not necessarily mean a higher number of incidents but may instead reflect greater levels of reporting.

Medicine: Overseas Students

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of medical graduates from overseas medical schools who applied for speciality training in 2007 had indefinite leave to remain. [196654]

Ann Keen: The available data allow applicants to be categorised as one of a limited number of categories, shown in the following table.

Breakdown of eligible modernising medical careers 2007 applicants (England)
International Medical Graduates(IMGs) United Kingdom Graduates (UKGs) All applicants
Number Percentage of IMG total Number Percentage of UKG total Number Percentage of aggregate total

UK nationals

1,811

13

11,994

88

13,805

50

Other European economic area (EEA) nationals

1,545

11

389

3

1,934

7

Non-EEA nationals on highly skilled management programme

8,352

59

573

4

8,925

32

Other non-EEA nationals

2,517

18

668

5

3,185

11

Total

14,225

100

13,624

100

27,849

100

Note:
Applicants are categorised as England applicants according to their first choice round 1 application.

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