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<p>The National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) provides a national database
of reported patient safety incidents for the National Health Service in England. This
data is published as official statistics alongside commentary. Within NRLS data, it
is not possible to determine easily if the reported incidents took place during medical
procedures and surgery that can be considered ‘routine’. The most recent publication
for 2021/22 was published in October 2022 and available at the following link:</p><p><a
href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/national-patient-safety-incident-reports/national-patient-safety-incident-reports-13-october-2022/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/national-patient-safety-incident-reports/national-patient-safety-incident-reports-13-october-2022/</a></p><p>The
total number of patient safety incidents reported was 2,345,815. Most incidents are
reported as causing no harm, 70.6% or low harm, 26.0%. Fewer than 4% of incidents
reported caused higher degrees of harm, of which 0.5% were categorised as severe harm
or death. NHS England reviews information in these two categories to characterise
new, emerging and under-recognised risks and determine how they might be addressed.</p><p>The
Learn from Patient Safety Events service will this year fully replace the NRLS. It
will change the way information is collected to make it easier for providers to record
and learn from patient safety incidents.</p><p>The Government continues to pursue
higher patient safety standards and a transparent, learning culture in order to support
the NHS to achieve continuous improvement in safety and to reduce harmful events happening
in the first place.</p>
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