NHS Litigation Authority publishes annual report

The National Health Service Litigation Authority (NHSLA) has published its Report and Accounts 2009. In it, the NHSLA said: “Whenever possible and appropriate, we attempt to settle claims without litigation. Of the 8,885 clinical and non-clinical claims where a formal letter of claim was received in 2008/09, typically less than 4% will go to court. The historical figure of 4% does not include claims settled by individual NHS organisations within their excess and open incidents investigated but not yet proceeded with as a claim.”