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Freedom of Information request Maternity Claims

Response published: 7 May 2026
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FOI Request

RE: Request under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) Dear Information Team This is an information request regarding compensation paid for maternity claims. Please include the following information for the following years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26 • The total value of compensation claims paid in respect of maternity claims, please include a break down by: o Claimant costs o The Trust’s legal costs • Total number of maternity compensation claims made, broken down by: o Settled with admission of liability o Settled without admission of liability o Failed claims • Total number of maternity claims currently open or in progress • A breakdown of the reasons for maternity compensation claims and the number of cases that fell into each category. o (for example Cerebral palsy and other brain injuries to the baby, stillbirth, neonatal death, other significant injury to the baby, maternal death, significant maternal injury, psychological injury etc) • For each year please provide the largest maternity compensation claim including information on: o Total damages paid o The category of the maternal injury If this is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for. I would prefer a response via email, but if not possible, I will gladly accept letters to the address below. Please acknowledge this information request as soon as possible. Kind regards,

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 148-2026

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.

You asked:

For the following years 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26

• The total value of compensation claims paid in respect of maternity claims, please include a break down by:
o Claimant costs
o The Trust’s legal costs

• Total number of maternity compensation claims made, broken down by:
o Settled with admission of liability
o Settled without admission of liability
o Failed claims

• Total number of maternity claims currently open or in progress

• A breakdown of the reasons for maternity compensation claims and the number of cases that fell into each category.
o (for example Cerebral palsy and other brain injuries to the baby, stillbirth, neonatal death, other significant injury to the baby, maternal death, significant maternal injury, psychological injury etc)

• For each year please provide the largest maternity compensation claim including information on:
o Total damages paid
o The category of the maternal injury

Our response:

The Trust does not provide the service mentioned in your request. Please re-direct your request to Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at ghn-tr.foi@nhs.net.

Next steps:

Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:

Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk

If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.