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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:

 

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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).

 

Resources

A range of patient safety resources are available. From alerts and guidance to toolkits and data reports.

 

 

Targeted resources:

 

Reporting patient safety incidents

A key factor in providing high-quality care is providing systems for reporting when patients have, or could have been harmed.

 

This information is fed via local risk management systems to a national database. This data is used to identify trends and to inform the development of interventions to prevent future incidents.

 

 

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Patient Safety Incident Data

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

 

 

More on patient safety incident data

Patient safety alerts

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

 

 

 

More on patient safety alerts

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.

More on Seven Steps to Patient Safety