Why the study?
The study was conducted to analyze current patterns and distributions of anaesthesia litigation claims in England and compare them against previous claim patterns.
Population
1230 claims against anaesthesia notified to NHS Resolution in England between 2008 and 2018
Comparison
Claims from 2008 to 2018 vs published data from 1995 to 2007
Design
Retrospective review of national claims database
Authors
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Reassures on persistently low anaesthesia litigation risk; extends prior comparisons of NHS claims trends in this cohort.
Anaesthesia remains a low-risk specialty for litigation, with a decreasing proportion of total NHS claims and falling mean costs per claim despite an absolute increase in claim numbers.
Oglesby et al. (2022) studied this question.
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