PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Patients: Safety (3 June 2016)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
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.
Year | Data source | Total |
2011/12 | National Reporting and Learning System | 326 |
2012/13 | National Reporting and Learning System | 237 |
Strategic Executive Information System | 329 | |
2013/14 | Strategic Executive Information System | 338 |
2014/15 | Strategic Executive Information System | 306 |
2015/16 (provisional) | Strategic Executive Information System | 345 |
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.
Data for 2015/16 is still provisional and is yet to be confirmed in the annual data summary.
Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
8 June 2016
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