§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the work of the National Patient Safety Agency; [19057]
(2) which health authorities are participating in the pilot study areas investigating systems to report failures and near misses. [19059]
§ Jacqui SmithThe National Patient Safety Agency was established on 2 July 2001 to improve the safety of national health service patients by promoting a culture of reporting and learning from adverse healthcare events. It will establish and operate a national system for reporting, analysing and learning lessons from adverse events and near misses involving national health service patients. The930W National Patient Safety Agency will also provide advice and guidance to assist in the promotion of patient safety in the NHS.
The new reporting system is currently being tested at pilot sites in the following health authorities:
- England
- Birmingham Bradford
- Cambridge and Huntington
- Camden and Islington
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Dudley
- East London and the City
- East Riding
- Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster
- Leicestershire
- Merton, Southwark and Wandsworth
- Newcastle and North Tyneside
- North and East Devon
- Oxfordshire
- Southampton and South West Hampshire
- Tees
- Wakefield
- Wiltshire
- Wales
- Dyfed Powys
- Iechyd Morgannwg.