Patient Safety

Practical information, tools and support to improve patient safety in the NHS

We receive confidential reports of patient safety incidents from healthcare staff across England and Wales. Clinicians and safety experts analyse these reports to identify common risks to patients and opportunities to improve patient safety.

We work with organisations providing NHS care, colleges and professional groups to set priorities and develop and disseminate actionable learning. Resources include:

Patient safety alerts, including Rapid Response Reports
Seven Steps series of patient safety guides
Regular feedback on the data we collect
Safety information on specific topics, such as safety of medicines.

Transfer of the National Reporting and Learning System to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

On 30 March 2012 day to day management of the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) transferred to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT).

NRLS Reporting continues to operate without change. Please continue to submit incident reports as normal. These continue to be interrogated for national learning by NRLS analysts.
The NRLS team from the National Patient Safety Agency also transferred to ICHT. Your current contacts remain the same.
Patient safety alerts, data reports and related information continues to be available from this website.

Patient Safety Incident Data

The seventh release of the Organisation Patient Safety Incident Reports data was published on 14 March 2012.

Patient safety alerts

View all patient safety alerts issued by the National Patient Safety Agency.

Seven Steps to Patient Safety

Seven Steps to Patient Safety is key patient safety guidance for healthcare organisations. The steps help staff to plan activities and measure patient safety performance.

What's new

Patient safety incident data

Latest emerging risks - Signals

Neuraxial Update Newsletter March 2012

Transfer of the NRLS

Patient Safety

Practical information, tools and support to improve patient safety in the NHS

Transfer of the National Reporting and Learning System to Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Resources

Reporting patient safety incidents

Patient Safety Incident Data

Patient safety alerts

Seven Steps to Patient Safety

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What's new

Latest patient safety alerts