MORE than £31m has been paid out by Barnsley Hospital in damages over the last five years, figures obtained by the Chronicle have revealed.
They show there were 235 claims between April 2011 and March 2016 of which 152 were successful - leading to £23m in compensation being paid out and the hospital paying £8.4m in legal costs for itself and claimants.
The claims include those relating to deaths, cerebral palsy, amputation, brain damage, psychiatric/psychological damage, unnecessary operations, joint and nerve damage, scarring and unnecessary pain.
The figures handed over do not identify those who have successfully sued the hospital, but the Chronicle has previously covered the case of a girl who was awarded £8.5m as a result of being starved of oxygen at birth when she was born at Barnsley Hospital with her umbilical cord around her neck in 2005.
