NHS Improvement: Never Events

Summary

The NHS in England is one of the only healthcare systems in the world that is this open and transparent about patient safety incident reporting, particularly around Never Events.

NHS Improvement publish provisional Never Events data every month as an update of the cumulative total for the current financial year. The data is published in the following formats:

• the overall provisional number of Never Events reported in the current financial year to date - these are displayed by month
• the provisional number of each type of Never Event reported, with a more detailed breakdown of sub categories of Never Event
• the provisional number of each type of Never Event reported by an organisation.