In line with our risk management mandate, the State Claims Agency reviews and analyses incidents reported on NIMS, the National Incident Management System, to identify any incidents of interest.

Incidents of interest may include incidents which are new, unusual, or which appear to be occurring frequently or at a higher frequency than usual. So that learning from incidents can inform risk mitigation, from time to time, our Clinical Risk Unit may issue advice in relation to these incidents to the health and social care sector.

You will find recent notifications issued to the health and social care sector below, by topic:

General

• Patient Safety Notification: Risks associated with Parenteral Nutrition
• Patient Safety Notification: Air embolism associated with removal of Central Venous Access Devices
  

• Patient Safety Notification: Nasogastric Tube Misplacement

• Patient Safety Notification: Peripheral Intravenous Cannula - Getting it Right
• Patient Safety Notification: Managing the Risk of Choking
• Patient Safety Notification: Tourniquet Issues - Getting it Right
• Patient Safety Notification: Service User Identification - Getting it Right
• Patient Safety Notification: Recording and Documentation in the Health Care Record

Maternity and gynaecology

• Patient Safety Notification: National Newborn Bloodspot Screening
• Patient Safety Notification: Risk of Newborn Falls

Radiology

• Patient Safety Notification: Getting Diagnostic Imaging Right