Patient safety incidents reported (formerly indicators 5a, 5b and 5.4) (NHSOF 5.6)

The number of patient safety incidents reported to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) by provider organisations, per 100,000 population.

A patient safety incident is defined as ‘any unintended or unexpected incident(s) that could have, or did, lead to harm for one or more person(s) receiving NHS funded healthcare’.

Purpose

This indicator aims to measure the number of reported patient safety incidents across NHS care settings. The aim is for incidence reporting to increase as the culture of reporting all incidents spreads more widely across the NHS. The ultimate goal is that the number of reported incidents remains steady or decreases, as the habit of reporting incidents becomes routine and these are learnt from.

Current version updated: May-17

Next version due: Nov-17

该数据集记录了向国家报告与学习系统（National Reporting and Learning System，简称NRLS）报告的患者安全事件数量，单位为每10万人中报告的事件数。所谓患者安全事件，是指任何可能或确实导致接受国家卫生服务体系（NHS）资助的医疗保健的个体或多个个体遭受伤害的未预料或意外事件（或事件序列）。

指标目的
本指标旨在衡量NHS护理环境中报告的患者安全事件数量。目标是随着报告所有事件的氛围在NHS内更加广泛地传播，报告事件的发生率应相应增加。最终目标是，随着报告事件成为常规并从中吸取教训，报告事件的数量保持稳定或下降。

当前版本更新时间：2017年5月

下一版本预计更新时间：2017年11月