Trusts red-listed because of failure to connect to ‘critical’ safety system

Some of the country’s largest trusts could be left without a safety incident reporting system when NHS England removes the existing solution next month, HSJ has learned.

NHSE has put around 37 trusts on a “red list” for failing to move to the new learning from patient safety events service. They remain on the historic national reporting and learning system, which national leaders describe as ” liable to irretrievable failure at any time” and plan to shut down in June.
NHSE has warned those providers – including University Hospitals Birmingham and University College London Hospitals foundation trusts – that they will be in breach of their licence if they fail to make the switch.

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Source: HSJ, 20 May