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  • Clinical negligence statistics

    Topics:
    • Safety and quality, 
    • DoH Statistics and Research, 
    • Patient safety statistics

    Information within this section details the number of clinical/social care negligence cases open, settled and closed each year, the specialty or nature of incident of cases involved and the amount of damages and legal costs incurred.

    This publication has been discontinued. The final edition, published on 7 November 2023, covered the period 2022/23.

    Current publications

    • Clinical / social care negligence cases in Northern Ireland 2022/23

    Previous publications

    • Clinical / social care negligence cases in Northern Ireland 2014/15 to 2021/22

    Information sources

    • Quality report for clinical / social care negligence cases in Northern Ireland
    • Contextual information for using hospital statistics

    For further information contact us

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    • Complaints and compliments statistics
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