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Figure 11:
Clinical negligence payments for 2021/22

2021/22 total:
£2402.9m
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2020/21 total:
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Payments

Payments against all our clinical schemes for 2021/22 Payments made on the DHSC clinical scheme
(2020/21) were £2,402.9 million (£2,209.3 million) in increased to £82.8 million in 2021/22 (£61.6 million
total - which comprised damages paid to claimants in 2020/21). A number of high value claims fell
of £1,775.3 million (£1,609.8 million), claimant legal due for settlement in this year, as expected.
costs of £471 million (£448.1 million) and NHS legal
Payments made on behalf of GPI increased:
costs of £156.6 million (£151.4 million). The increase in
£85.0 million in 2021/22 (£62.4 million), reflecting
NHS legal costs can be in part attributed to increased
the continuing maturing of our GPI claims book.
spending on the general practice indemnity schemes,
mainly ELSGP, since the migration of the claims Payments for our Existing Liabilities Scheme and
previously managed by MPS (+£8.1 million/161 %). Ex-Regional Health Authority Scheme decreased

to £21.2 million in 2021/21 (£24.3 million).
Payments on CNST claims increased by £152.8 million
(7%) to £2,213.9 million from 2020/21. This increase was
primarily in damages and claimant legal costs payments
against high value (more than £3.5 million) claims.