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# Heart of England Trust pays out £90m in compensation for mistakes in last five years
- URL: https://www.birminghameastside.co.uk/birmingham-trust-90m-mistakes/
- Published: 2018-01-16T09:17:52.000Z
- Updated: 2018-01-16T09:17:52.000Z
- Author: Sania Aziz
- Tags: Data, Health, News, #Migrated-1786701253228, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-14 09:54

![](http://birminghameastside.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Heartlands-Hospital1.jpg)

Birmingham Heartlands, one of the hospitals run by Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

A Birmingham NHS trust has paid out over £90 million towards compensation in the last five years, with around £20 million being paid out last year alone.

Data from the **BBC Shared Data Unit** shows that the **Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust** had paid £12 million in damages in 2013, out of which over £1 million were related to maternity costs only. This includes payments made before and after 1995.

Nationally, **The Heart of England NHS Foundation** has one of the highest amounts paid towards medical negligence, while **Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust** and **Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust** paid over £45 million.

#### The Heart of England break-up of costs:

The chart below shows that 63% of all payouts were towards damages, while maternity-related costs stood at 1%.

#### Here's how other Birmingham hospitals fare in terms of overall payouts: