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NHS: Personal Records

Volume 476: debated on Tuesday 3 June 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what items of information are captured by the National Reporting and Learning System; (206668)

(2) how many nutrition-related adverse incidents were recorded in the National Reporting and Learning System in each month since it was established;

(3) if he will place in the Library a copy of each report on nutrition produced by the National Patient Safety Agency in the last 12 months.

The National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) contains information on incidents relating to patient safety for all national health service organisations in England and Wales. For each incident, the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) collect details on where, when, and what occurred, including a textual description of the event, as well as basic demographic information on the patient(s) involved (e.g. gender, age and ethnic group) and any resultant harm to the patient. Optional fields are also provided to the reporter for the provision of further details (e.g. additional analysis of the cause of an event).

The following table shows a list of nutrition-related adverse incidents recorded on the NRLS in each month since it was established.

2005

2006

2007

January

773

1,731

2,264

February

848

1,664

2,087

March

955

1,868

2,270

April

1,101

1,803

2,362

May

1,342

2,007

2,524

June

1,357

2,084

2,563

July

1,480

2,103

2,697

August

1,382

2,072

2,465

September

1,501

2,053

2,464

October

1,561

2,171

2,717

November

1,653

2,115

2,493

December

1,520

1,866

2,232

The NPSA has published two nutrition themed reports, Protected Mealtime Review: Findings and Recommendations Report and ‘National Screening: Structured Investigation Project’ neither of which are based on the aforementioned NRLS data. Copies of both reports have been placed in the Library.