Session 3 - Incident Reporting Policy - Health Partnerships Learning ...

The suicide of any person currently in receipt of NHS services including those provided
by primary care practitioners on or off NHS premise, or who have been discharged
within the last 12 months. Suicide is defined as death:
where there is obvious evidence or strong suspicion of self harm, or,
where the above does not apply initially but emerges later from a clinical review or
other review of the case, or,
where the Coroner’s verdict is suicide (or open verdict)
Death or injury where foul play is suspected.
The accidental death of or serious injury to a patient, member of staff or visitor to NHS
premises or involving NHS staff or equipment.
Significant harm to children where reported under child protection arrangements or an
adverse event which results in a serious case review.
Significant harm to adults where reported under vulnerable adult arrangements.
Healthcare associated infection / infection control:
Incidents which result in significant morbidity or mortality and/or
Involve highly virulent and transmissible organisms and/or
Require control measures that have an impact on the care of other patients, including
limitation of access to healthcare services.
These incidents are divided into two bands:
Outbreaks that are sufficiently serious to require the convening of an incident
team and/or
Outbreaks that significantly disrupt services and/or highly virulent and
transmissible with an impact on staff, patients or the community.
Infected healthcare worker or patient incidents necessitating consideration of look back
investigations (e.g. TB, vCJD, blood borne infections)
Significant breakdown of infection control procedures with actual or potential for cross
infection (e.g. release of products from a failed sterilisation cycle, contaminated blood
transfusion).
Premises / equipment incidents:
Serious damage that occurs of NHS premises, or to NHS property, or any incident that
results in serious injury to any individual or serious disruption to services (e.g.
evacuation of patients due to fire)
Failure of equipment so serious as to endanger life, whether or not injury results
Suspicion of malicious activity e.g. tampering with equipment
Circumstances that lead to the provider no longer being able to provide an element of
service.
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