Health written question – answered at on 1 September 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons primary care trusts will have local discretion in choosing which Never Events to prioritise in their annual operating plans, as referred to on page 45 of High Quality Care for All, Cm 7432, when he expects the National Patient Safety Agency to publish a list of Never Events; whether he expects the National Patient Safety Agency to consult publicly on the list; and if he will make a statement.
The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) will work with interested Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) and wider stakeholders (including patients and members of the public) to draw up a list of Never Events. This list will be published later in the year and will be available for PCTs to use in their operating plans from April 2009. The incidence of each of these events will vary between PCTs and therefore it will be important that PCTs have the flexibility to prioritise and select the events which will have the most impact on their own health population. The Department also anticipates that, over time, PCTs will expand their list of Never Events and the NPSA will keep under review the national list to incorporate more events that PCTs are able to use as we continue to learn from safety incidents and develop evidence-based interventions to prevent them happening again.
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