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The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health. It is responsible for handling negligence claims made against NHS bodies in England, on behalf of these bodies. In addition it: *has developed an active risk management programme to raise NHS standards and reduce incidence of negligence *monitors human rights case law on behalf of the NHS *co-ordinates claims for equal pay in the NHS *handles Family Health Service appeals (i.e., disputes between doctors, dentists, opticians and pharmacists and NHS Primary Care Trusts) (since April 2005). ==Performance== In 2004-5 the authority dealt with 5,609 claims of clinical negligence and 3,766 of non-clinical negligence. About 38% of claims are abandoned by the claimant, and about 43% are settled out of court. In 2004-5 £502.9 million was paid out in respect of clinical negligence claims, and £25.1 million in respect of non-clinical negligence. It runs the clinical negligence scheme for trusts. All NHS trusts in England are members of the scheme. They paid £968m in contributions in 2013-14 an increase of 38% since 2009. In principle trusts can insure themselves in the commercial market, but none have yet done so, possibly because leaving the scheme would crystallise their outstanding liabilities. The authority altered the scheme in 2014 to give greater weight to trusts claims history when setting contributions. In 2012/3 charges amounted to £3,778,000. 47.59% related to maternity, 21.45% to surgery, 15.65% to medicine, 7.83% to A&E and 7.48% to all other specialities. Clinical negligence charges amounted to 23% of the cost of maternity services in England. The Department of Health’s triennial review of the Authority in 2015 reported that it took an average of 2.7 years for claims to be reported and a further 1.31 years for claims to be resolved. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「NHS Litigation Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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