Written question asked by Lord Brightman (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Warner (Labour) on Monday, 10 October 2005.

NHS: Amputations

Question: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 7 July (WA 117), whether, in collecting information at national level of instances of wrong limb amputations, the past five years will be covered.

Answer: The National Patient Safety Agency began to collect data from November 2003: All 607 trusts in England and Wales were only connected to the National Report and Learning System in December 2004. It is not therefore feasible to provide retrospective data on incidents. The National Patient Safety Agency published its first analysis of reported patient safety incidents, Building a memory: preventing harm, reducing risks and improving patient safety — the first report of the National Reporting and Learning System and the Patient Safety Observatory on 21 July 2005. Copies have been placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 1195; 674 c53-4WA
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Deposited Paper HDEP 2005/459
Monday, 17 October 2005
Deposited papers
House of Lords; NHS: Amputations
Thursday, 7 July 2005
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: NHS Negligence Statistics Surgery Orthopaedics