IRP form
England
Incident Reporting Platform (IRP)
***Updated platform launched***
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Patient Safety Incident form
Scotland
Patient Safety Incident report form
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HSCB
Northern Ireland
Cross-reference medicine safety alerts with HSCB
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England:
Leyla Hannbeck, NPA Director of Pharmacy, is the Medication Safety Officer (MSO) for all independent community pharmacies in England with fewer than 50 branches.
MSO responsibilities for supporting pharmacy businesses and superintendents include:
- Promoting medicines safe use
- Implementing local and national medication safety initiatives
- Improving patient safety on a day-to-day basis
- Submitting incident error reports
- Improving reporting and learning from patient safety incidents
- Responding to requests from the Patient Safety Domain in NHS England and Medicines Healthcare product Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for further information about medication error incidents
The Incident Reporting Platform (IRP): updated user-friendly platform will help you complete incident reporting effectively and in a methodological order – IRP guidance coming soon!
Quality Payments Scheme (QPS) : part of the QPS is the requirement to develop a risk review – a template and example are available for you to use.
Scotland:
The Medication Safety Service is currently being piloted in Scotland.
Read our guidance for completing the Patient Safety Incident Report form
Patient safety NPA resources, updates and reports:
***News: Superintendent update on seized fake fentanyl tablets ***
Adrenaline: alerts, information and stock updateThe NPA has a dedicated adrenaline webpage (open access) detailing updates on all adrenaline-related news, information and stock availability. ***Urgent alert*** The validation protocol for AAI 150mcg has been stopped throughout the UK – manufacturer validation process may still apply; read for more details |
Valproate: risk during pregnancyThe high risks associated with valproate exposure during pregnancy remains a high priority patient safety concern; alerts have been issued via: NHS Improvement (England), Patient Safety Wales (Wales), Healthcare Improvement Scotland (Scotland), Safety Quality and Standards Circulars (NI)
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NPA Guidance
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NPA SOPs |
MSO quarterly updates (England)
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Patient safety incident reports (Scotland) |