NHS (England) summarised accounts 1994-95 : summarised accounts of Health Authorities, Family Health Services Authorities ... for the year ended 31 March 1995, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon ... / [Department of Health].

  • Great Britain. Department of Health.
Date:
1996
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Credit: NHS (England) summarised accounts 1994-95 : summarised accounts of Health Authorities, Family Health Services Authorities ... for the year ended 31 March 1995, together with the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon ... / [Department of Health]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Capital commitments 18 Losses and special 19 payments Post balance 20 sheet events FOR THE LONDON POSTGRADUATE TEACHING HOSPITALS 1994-95 Authorities reported contingent liabilities as follows: £000 £000 Legal cases 4,532 6,466 Medical negligence 1,527,276 133.12,996 Other 20,445 12,453 1,552,253 15331,915 These contingent liabilities have not been accrued in this account due to uncertainty over the ultimate outcome. 31 March 1994 Health authorities had the following capital £000 £000 commitments as at 31 March 1995: Contracted 52,040 336,693 Authorised but not contracted 67,162 266,831 119,202 603,524 There were 29,914 (1993-94 80,932) cases of losses and special payments totalling £125,077,745 (1993-94, £105,228,052) approved during 1994-95. These included 98 cases (1993-94, 30) where payments exceeded £100,000, 87 cases (1993-94, 29) of clinical negligence totalling £46,960,413 (1993-94, £7,893,263), 5 cases of capital schemes abandoned, totalling £1,951,541, 2 cases of fire damage, totalling £1,039,701, 3 extra contractual payments, totalling £1,951,542 and 1 case of payment to the Inland Revenue, £125,000. Fixed assets were revalued as at 1 April 1995 by District Valuers. The opening balances for 1995-96 will be adjusted to reflect the valuation. 17