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<p>In the last five years there have been a total of 1,881 Never Events recorded in
hospitals in England. The table below provides the specific annual figures of this
total.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Data source</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>National
Reporting and Learning System</p></td><td><p>326</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>National
Reporting and Learning System</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strategic
Executive Information System</p></td><td><p>329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Strategic
Executive Information System</p></td><td><p>338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Strategic
Executive Information System</p></td><td><p>306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16 (provisional)</p></td><td><p>Strategic
Executive Information System</p></td><td><p>345</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Never
Events cannot be compared year on year as the number of Never Events contained within
the Never Events list and definitions of the individual Never Events have been modified
each year, so direct comparison is not appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2015/16
is still provisional and is yet to be confirmed in the annual data summary.</p>
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