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Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Baroness Elles (Conservative). It was answered by Lord Warner (Labour) on Monday, 27 March 2006.


National Patient Safety Agency

Question
What progress has been made on the collection of data by the National Patient Safety Agency.
Answer

My Lords, the vast majority of NHS patients receive safe and effective care but, in any healthcare system, mistakes can happen. To enable the NHS to learn from mistakes, the Government established the National Patient Safety Agency, which set up a reporting and learning system to which all NHS organisations in England and Wales are now reporting patient safety incidents. Drawing on this information, the NPSA has produced one report and will shortly produce a second focusing on mental health. The agency will be moving to quarterly reports.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
680 c535 
Session
2005-06
Oral question type
Lead
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information NHS Patients Safety National Patient Safety Agency
Link
View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk