legal expenses

Summary

A request was made for statistics on negligence cases and legal expenses involving Manx Care over the last five years. The Department of Health and Social Care responded that they do not hold this information as it is not reported to them and advised contacting Manx Care directly.

Key Facts

• The Department of Health and Social Care does not hold information on negligence cases against Manx Care.
• The Quality and Compliance and Mandate Performance teams confirmed the data is not reported to the Department.
• The requester was advised to submit a new Freedom of Information request directly to Manx Care.
• The request was closed on 25 February 2025 with an outcome date of 2025-03-06.
• The response was issued by Chief Officer Paul Richardson.

Data Disclosed

• 2025-02-19
• 2025-03-06
• 4458873
• last five years

Original Request

Could you please provide answers to the following In the last five years how many cases of negligence have been made against Manx Care Of those cases how many did Manx Care win/lose or are still on going In the last five years how much has been spent on legal fees in terms of negligence cases including awards made against Manx Care

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Full Response Text

Chief Officer: Paul Richardson Freedom of Information Team First Floor Belgravia House Circular Road Douglas IM1 1AE

Our ref: 4458873 25 February 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request received 19 February 2025, which states:

"Could you please provide answers to the following

In the last five years how many cases of negligence have been made against Manx Care
Of those cases how many did Manx Care win/lose or are still on going
In the last five years how much has been spent on legal fees in terms of negligence cases including awards made against Manx Care"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Department does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. I referred this query to the Department’s Quality and Compliance, and Mandate Performance teams, who have confirmed this is not information that would be reported to us. The information requested relates to legal proceedings against Manx Care. As the Department do not receive reports of this information, we would suggest that you contact Manx Care who may be able to help you.

You can submit a Freedom of Information request to Manx Care using the same form as was used to submit this request and selecting “Manx Care” from the drop-down menu.

Please quote the reference number 4458873 in any future communications.

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An electronic version of our complaint form can be found by going to our website at https://services.gov.im/freedom-of-information/Review . If you would like a paper version of our complaint form to be sent to you by post, please contact me and I will

be happy to arrange for this. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made as soon as practicable. We will respond as soon as the review has been concluded.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner for a decision on; 1. Whether we have responded to your request for information in accordance with Part 2 of the Freedom of Information Act 2015; or 2. Whether we are justified in refusing to give you the information requested.
In response to an application for review, the Information Commissioner may, at any time, attempt to resolve a matter by negotiation, conciliation, mediation or another form of alternative dispute resolution and will have regard to any outcome of this in making any subsequent decision. More detailed information on your right to a review can be found on the Information Commissioner’s website at www.inforights.im. Should you have any queries concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Further information about freedom of information requests can be found at www.gov.im/foi.

I will now close your request as of this date.