State paid out €20m last year on 50 historical medical negligence claims

€20m was paid in 50 historical medical negligence claims last year, including one claim worth €17m. File Picture.

The State paid out €20m in 50 historical medical negligence claims last year, including one claim for €17m.

The claims relate to a clinical indemnity scheme, which the State put in place in February 2004 following an insurance crisis in the late 1990s when it became difficult for consultant obstetricians to obtain cover.