Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adverse incidents in fertility clinics were reported as grade (a) C, (b) B and (c) A incidents in the last five years for which figures are available.
The information requested is show in the following table:
Date Reported | Grade of incident | ||
A | B | C | |
2010-2012 Combined report | 3 | 714 | 815 |
2013 | 4 | 208 | 262 |
2014 | 2 | 165 | 232 |
2015 | 0 | 200 | 267 |
Notes:
Grade A: the most serious type of incident. These happen infrequently and examples may include a patient being implanted with an embryo that is intended for someone else, the death of a patient or an incident which affects a number of patients, for example, when a storage unit malfunctions.
Grade B: serious adverse events or reactions such as the loss of embryos for one patient, breaches of confidentially where sensitive personal data or data relating to more than one patient is sent to the wrong recipient, or when a piece of equipment malfunctions affecting the quality of a patient’s embryos.
Grade C: adverse events or reactions such as one of many eggs rendered unusable during processing (for example the moving of an egg between dishes).
Source: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s most recent annual report, covering January to December 2015, can be found on the Authority’s website at: