As a result of medical negligence claims from July 2022 to July 2023, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (including Musgrove Hospital), paid out £13,511,879 – indicating that the trust holds the eighth position when compared to other trusts in England and Wales in terms of compensation payouts.
77 medical malpractice claims were made against somerset NHS Foundation Trust in the same period, according to the Somerset County Gazette, who believe that payments could be divided into multiple instalments and may pertain to cases that were reported and/or resolved over several years.
When a healthcare provider gives care that falls below expected standards, this is deemed as medical negligence. Patients who experience harm as a result of poor care have the option to file a claim if it leads to further illness, injury, or trauma.
A representative from Somerset NHS trust advised the following: “We aim to provide the highest standards of patient care across all our services and have robust governance systems in place to report, investigate, and respond when patients’ care falls short of those standards. When things go wrong, we work hard to identify what happened, what needs to be done differently, and any lessons that can be learned to improve our services.”
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