Finance & IT Finance FAQs

The NHSLA finance & IT departments play a key role in supporting the efficient handling of negligence claims against the NHS, being responsible for setting members’ contributions, processing payments and for maintaining the claims management database.

Members’ contributions for the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) and the Risk Pooling Schemes for Trusts (RPST) are assessed actuarially each year with the total amount collected from members equating to the anticipated expenditure in the following year, ie we operate on a “pay as you go” basis. CNST contributions are based upon a range of factors, including the type of trust, the specialties it provides and the number of “whole time equivalent” clinical staff it employs. This information is now obtained via the Health and Social Care Information Centre using data which trusts supply to them as part of the annual medical staff census. This minimises the need for us to collect data directly from members.

Data for the LTPS/PES contributions are similarly collected on an annual basis from the Information Centre (Monitor for Foundation trusts). The data used to complete this exercise relate to information on assets and staffing.