Malpractice cases at Nobles

Summary

A request was made for data on malpractice cases involving Nobles Hospital over the last three years, specifically regarding financial payouts and court settlements. The Department of Health and Social Care disclosed that no cases went to trial, while providing specific monetary amounts paid for out-of-court settlements across four time periods.

Key Facts

• No malpractice cases involving Nobles Hospital went to court trial between March 2016 and October 2019.
• All reported cases during this period were settled out of court.
• The number of out-of-court settlements in each period was reported as less than 10.
• The total amount paid out for settlements across the four periods exceeds £300,000.
• The request defined malpractice as negligence in medication or misdiagnosis resulting in trauma or complications.

Data Disclosed

• 31st March 2016 to 1st April 2017
• 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018
• 1st April 2018 to 31st March 2019
• 1st April 2019 to 31st October 2019
• 0
• < 10
• £75,698.49
• £39,500.00
• £159,000.00
• £131,500.00

Original Request

Question 1 How much money has been paid out in malpractice cases involving Nobles Hospital? Question 2 How many malpractice cases have gone to court? How many have been settled out of court? Clarification sought: Regarding the term malpractice please can you define what you mean by this? It would be helpful to give an example. Please can you provide the time period you want the information for e.g. The last two years. Clarification received: I am referring to cases over the last 3 years. With regards to "malpractice", I am referring to cases of recovery of treatment/ operations being incorrectly medicated to the point of negligence resulting in further trauma/ complications. Also the miss-diagnosing of an illness.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Interim Chief Executive: Angela Murray Freedom of Information Team Department of Health & Social Care Chief Executive’s Office Crookall House Demesne Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3QA Tel:(01624) 642621 Email:dhsc@foi.gov.im Website: www.gov.im/dhsc

Our ref: 1037462 4th December 2019

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on the 20th November 2019 and states:

"Question 1: How much money has been paid out in malpractice cases involving Nobles Hospital? Question 2: How many malpractice cases have gone to court? How many have been settled out of court? Clarification sought: Regarding the term malpractice please can you define what you mean by this? It would be helpful to give an example. Please can you provide the time period you want the information for e.g. The last two years. Clarification received: I am referring to cases over the last 3 years. With regards to "malpractice", I am referring to cases of recovery of treatment/ operations being incorrectly medicated to the point of negligence resulting in further trauma/ complications. Also the miss-diagnosing of an illness."

Our response to your request is as follows: Date Number of cases at court trial Number of cases settled without needing to go to court Amount paid 31st March 2016 to
1st April 2017 0 < 10 £75,698.49 1st April 2017 to
31st March 2018 0 < 10 £39,500.00 1st April 2018 to
31st March 2019 0 < 10 £159,000.00 1st April 2019 to
31st October 2019 0 < 10 £131,500.00

Please quote the reference number 1037462 in any future communications.

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