Serious Incident Archives

Study finds the safety errors that occur most often on hospital wards

PostedAugust 9, 2021

A recent study has found the most common serious safety errors that were reported on hospital wards in England and Wales over a 10 year period. The study, which involved...

Woman given wrong invasive procedure following patient mix-up

PostedJune 4, 2021

A patient mix-up resulted in a woman being wrongly given an invasive gynaecological procedure instead of fertility treatment, a safety report has said. The woman was attending her first ever...

Patient safety threatened as 28,000 NHS letters not delivered

PostedFebruary 20, 2020

A patient safety inquiry has been begun after a technological error meant that more than 28,000 pieces of confidential NHS mail were not delivered. The letters, containing medical correspondence to...