\n “To see more than 1,000 healthcare workers sue the NHS after being assaulted or falling on the job points to a systemic failure of basic workplace protection.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Diverting more than \u00a3190 million away from patient care to fund injury damages and legal battles is a tragedy for an already cash-strapped service.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Frontline staff have a legal right to a safe environment, and if trusts fail to provide it, workers must continue to use the legal system to protect their health and livelihoods.”\n<\/p>\n
\n NHS Trusts by total damages paid out (Image: Accident Claims Advice)\n<\/p>\n
\n Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust recorded the highest damages figure in the region, paying out \u00a32,268,202 in compensation.\n<\/p>\n
\n This was the fourth highest total of any trust in England.\n<\/p>\n
\n The trust also reported the second-highest number of claims nationally, with 194 cases logged.\n<\/p>\n
\n Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust paid out \u00a31,044,867 after receiving 158 claims.\n<\/p>\n
\n Alder Hey Children\u2019s Hospital paid \u00a3727,574 from 40 claims, while Warrington and Halton Hospitals settled 39 claims for a total of \u00a3246,452.\n<\/p>\n
\n Other payouts included \u00a3179,779 from the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre (seven claims), \u00a3117,628 from Liverpool Women\u2019s Hospital (seven claims), and \u00a339,543 from the Walton Centre (13 claims).\n<\/p>\n
\n North West Ambulance Service, which covers a wider area including Merseyside, paid out \u00a31,080,029 from 126 claims.\n<\/p>\n
\n NHS Trusts by volume of claims received (Image: Accident Claims Advice)\n<\/p>\n
\n Across England, the total cost of workplace injury claims reached more than \u00a3190 million during the same period.\n<\/p>\n
\n Of this, \u00a398.97 million accounted for direct damages, while \u00a386.56 million was spent on legal fees for settled claims where staff won compensation.\n<\/p>\n
\n Fees for successfully defended claims cost \u00a35.26 million for the NHS, with \u00a3144,055 going towards claimants\u2019 legal costs.\n<\/p>\n
\n Slips and trips were the most common cause of injury, leading to 1,763 successful claims and \u00a325.77 million in damages.\n<\/p>\n
\n There were 1,021 successful claims related to workplace assaults, costing nearly \u00a318.11 million.\n<\/p>\n
\n Stress-related claims resulted in \u00a38.84 million in damages.\n<\/p>\n
\n University Hospitals Birmingham reported the highest number of claims at 210 and paid out \u00a32.57 million.\n<\/p>\n
\n The highest total damages payout was recorded by University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire, at just over \u00a33 million across 44 claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The compensation was awarded over the past five years for workplace injuries, assaults, and trauma. The figures, revealed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-603444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}