Report of hospital errors

The National Patient Safety Agency’s six-month pilot study of reports of medical errors in NHS hospitals is not to be published. This, reasonably, because extrapolation from 28 NHS authorities shows a lower total than is thought accurate. The stuff of headlines, leaked info suggests there were 20,000 adverse events during the six month period. But these stem from the trivial – stubbed toe, upset cup of tea – to the serious or fatal.