Reportable events
From 1st July, the 2023 National Adverse Events policy is being rolled out into general practice.
What is happening
From 1st July, the 2023 National Adverse Events policy is being rolled out into general practice.
See more detail of what is expected of general practice here
Steps you can take now include
Watch the HQSC video (3 minutes) to understand the updated definitions
Review and update your policies, - in particular
Adverse events policy and procedure
The open disclosure policy
Understand as a team how you would approach an adverse event in your practice
who is your key person?
Do they need training?
What should be reported?
As part of the changes brought about by the National Adverse Events policy implementation, it is now mandatory for all SAC1 or SAC2 events to be reported nationally. This is to be used for learning purposes only so by sharing any of these incidents and some of the work that has been done as part of the incident management process we can learn for future events.
Severity Assessment Codes (SACs) are used to rate the seriousness of harm.
SAC1 = severe; death or harm causing severe loss of function and/or requiring lifesaving intervention
SAC2 = major; harm causing major loss of function and/or requiring significant intervention
View the diagram below on Responding to a SAC 1 or SAC 2 event in general practice.