Patient Safety Incidents Reported
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
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 (PSI) 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'.
Numerator
Number of patient safety incidents as submitted to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), by a provider based in England.
Denominator
For national level - population estimates from the ONS Annual Mid-year Population Estimates For acute trusts - the total number of admissions or bed days from the NRLS. For mental health and community trusts - total number of bed days from the NRLS. For ambulance trusts there is no denominator
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Type of provider: acute trusts, community trusts, mental health trusts, ambulance
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
The patient safety data files are sourced from the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) and the population estimates are provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reported on NHS website