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30 Performance analysis

Our continued focus on making

maternity care safer

Figure 2:
The percentage of clinical negligence claims reported in 2021/22 by specialty, with a breakdown
by volume (total 10,284 claims) and by value (total £6,033.4 million)

■ Obstetrics 12%
• Early Notification 2%
* Non-Early Notification 10%
L Emergency medicine 12%
■ Orthopaedic surgery 12%
Gynaecology 7%
■ General surgery 7%
■ General medicine 5%
■ Radiology 4%
■ Psychiatry/mental health 3%
■ Urology 3%
■ Gastroenterology 3%
M Other 32%

■ Obstetrics 62%
• Early Notification 31%
• Non-Early Notification 31%
P Emergency medicine 6%
■ Orthopaedic surgery 3%
■ Paediatrics 3%
■ Neonatology 3%
■ Gynaecology 2%
■ General surgery 2%
■ Neurosurgery 2%
■ Radiology 1%
■ Ambulance 1%
■ Other 13%

There were 1,243 obstetrics claims in 2021/22, accounting for 12% of all clinical
negligence claims by volume, placing maternity-related claims among the top three
specialities by volume, alongside emergency medicine and orthopaedic surgery.

Obstetrics claims accounted for 62% of all clinical claims by value received in the year,
highlighting the underlying impact of the financial costs of maternity indemnity payments,
alongside the impact of harm on patients, families and healthcare staff.
Of the £13.3 billion annual cost of harm incurred though CNST, maternity claims
accounted for 60% in 2021/22.