Health Services: Standards
(asked on 2nd May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many serious incident root causes analysis investigations were not closed within 60 days (a) nationally (b) in Yorkshire and (c) in York in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
NHS England does not hold the information requested. Serious Incidents are reported to the Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS). Compliance with the 60-day closure of serious incident investigations is not routinely monitored by NHS England. As such, a bespoke analysis and report would be needed to provide the requested information.
The expectation set by the Serious Incident Framework is that Serious Incident investigation reports are to be completed within 60 working days where possible. This is overseen by commissioners, who complete necessary processes to close these incidents on StEIS, and reviewed by the Care Quality Commission as part of their regulatory role. NHS England does not hold or report on this data for England.
In relation to Yorkshire and York, information relating to serious incidents will be held by providers and the relevant integrated care board.