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<p>The Department commissioned Frontier Economics to investigate the costs of unsafe
care in the National Health Service. The final report, <em>Exploring the cost of unsafe
care</em> <em>in the NHS</em> suggests that the costs of preventable, adverse events
is likely to be more than £1 billion per year, but could be up to £2.5 billion annually.
The report, which was published on 16 October, is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p><a href="http://www.frontier-economics.com/publications/exploring-the-costs-of-unsafe-care-in-the-nhs/"
target="_blank">http://www.frontier-economics.com/publications/exploring-the-costs-of-unsafe-care-in-the-nhs/</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Sign up to Safety campaign launched in June is now working
with healthcare organisations to make the NHS one of the safest healthcare systems
in the world and contribute to the goal to halve avoidable harm and save 6,000 lives
over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is difficult to disaggregate
direct cash releasing savings from this evidence which must take into account the
upfront costs of investing in safer care.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>
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