Patient Safety Incident Response Policy – Incident Reporting and Management V1

This policy supports the requirements of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework PSIRF and sets out Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s hereafter referred to as ‘the Trust’ approach to developing and maintaining effective systems and processes for reporting and responding to patient safety incidents and issues for the purpose of learning and improving patient safety.
 
A patient safety incident or event is any unintended or unexpected incident or event which could have or did lead to harm for one or more patient’s receiving healthcare and can result in no harm or contribute to a fatal outcome. This policy requires all staff to take responsibility for reporting any incident or adverse event or near miss that they become aware of and review them as detailed within this policy.