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<p>Never Events are serious incidents that are entirely preventable because guidance
or safety recommendations providing strong systemic protective barriers are available
at a national level, and should have been implemented by all healthcare providers.</p><p>
</p><p>National Health Service providers are encouraged to report all Never Events
through the National Reporting and Learning System. The Care Quality Commission views
failure to report a Never Event as a breach of a provider’s registration requirement
and which may attract sanctions.</p><p> </p><p>Below are the total numbers of Never
Events for the last five years which are published online by NHS Improvement and can
be accessed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/never-events-data/"
target="_blank">https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/never-events-data/</a></p><p>
</p><p>The last column contains the total of Never Events reported by NHS trusts.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of Never Events</p></td><td><p>Total
number of Never Events from NHS trusts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>338</p></td><td><p>322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>412</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18
(provisional data subject to change as local investigations take place)</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>434</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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