NHS England has launched a new digital platform designed for general practice staff to make it quick and easy to submit patient safety incident reports to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), the NHS’s national patient safety incident database.

The platform or e-form has been developed with input from GPs and requires two minutes to submit a report.

Practice staff are encouraged to use the form to report all incidents and near misses, these could be anything from administration errors to missed diagnoses.

The platform will offer opportunities to learn from incidents where things have gone wrong and action is required on a national level.

For more information and to read NHS England’s guide on general practice patient safety incident reporting visit the NHS website

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