§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the roles are of(a) his advisory committees, (b) the serious hazards of transfusion body and (c) the National Patient Safety Agency in reducing the risks associated with blood transfusion. [163474]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe expert advisory committee on the Microbiological Safety of Blood and Tissues for Transplantation (MSBT) is responsible for providing the Government with advice on blood safety issues.
The Serious Hazards of Transfusion (SHOT) reporting system has two main objectives: to collect data on serious adverse events involving the transfusion of blood components; and to make recommendations to improve transfusion safety, based on the analysis of the collected data. The national medical co-ordinator of SHOT is a member of MSBT.
1662W
Primary diagnosis (ICD-10 F10, K70, T51) alcohol related illness. Age on admission 11-15 years. Region of treatment north and south Thames 1997–98 and 1998–99/London 1999–2000 to 2002–03 (see note below). Count of finished admission episodes by health authority of treatment. NHS hospitals, 1997–98 to 2002–03 Finished admission episodes Health authority of treatment 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 QA2 Hillingdon 37 29 12 10 15 8 QA3 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 17 8 8 10 10 15 QA4 Enfield and Haringey 17 10 * * — — QA5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 9 14 7 7 10 8 QAA Bexley and Greenwich 16 14 29 20 — — The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) was established to improve the safety of national health service patient care by promoting an open and fair culture and by introducing a new national reporting and learning system for patient safety incidents. The reporting system is being implemented across the NHS during 2004.
The NPSA has worked with SHOT in establishing ways of reducing errors associated with bedside blood transfusions, in establishing the underlying causes of, and in identifying effective ways of collecting data on, these errors, to help ensure that they do not recur. The NPSA will be working with SHOT and others on establishing ways of preventing error, using interventions like bar-coding and tagging systems.