Recurring concern
Unreliable reporting of patient-safety incidents
- Reports that mention this concern
- 46
- Times this concern has been raised
- 52
- Stated actions linked to this concern
- 58
What this concern includes
Includes failures of the dedicated patient-safety incident-reporting process, including encouragement and staff understanding, recognition of reportable events, submission of incident or error reports, and systems for entering, updating or amending reports.
What is not included
- Excludes failures of incident investigation, organisational learning or implementation of corrective actions where the incident-reporting process itself is not deficient.
- Excludes generic documentation, training, staffing or communication deficiencies that are not directly tied to reporting patient-safety incidents or unsafe practices.
- Excludes professional-regulator reporting duties where the concern is external misconduct reporting rather than the organisational patient-safety incident-reporting process.
- Excludes factual descriptions of incidents or under-reporting risk that do not identify an unsafe reporting-process condition.
Trends
Reports over time
Reports mentioning this concern, over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Reports and published responses 46 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
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Concerns raised1
Delays in reporting falls through the incident reporting system
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Disseminate the incident across the General Medicine Department and Medical division and circulate a memo reinforcing accurate, timely Datix reporting.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to report falls
This report raised 14 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Hc-One Limited
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Hc-One Limited
Deliver falls identification, reporting and management training, coaching and competency assessment to Hebburn Court staff, completing remaining coverage.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to report choking incidents in line with internal policy
This report raised 11 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure of private hospitals to adhere to the same reporting requirements as NHS hospitals
This report raised 8 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Internal incident reporting and escalation process depending largely on an individual manager
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Borough Care Ltd
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Borough Care Ltd
Implement a weekly significant-incident reporting form, discuss reported incidents at Care and Quality meetings, and action follow-up through Area Support.
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Concerns raised1
Delays in completing incident reports
This report raised 6 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Unclear incident reporting entry and amendment systems
This report raised 4 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Limited understanding of the duty to report serious prescribing incidents
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Unavailability of Datix reporting access for agency nurses
This report raised 10 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked response
- Barts Health NHS Trust
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.1
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Barts Health NHS Trust
Enable agency nurses to submit Datix reports by permitting use of the senior nurse’s email address in the reporting system.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
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Barts Health NHS Trust
Agency nurses can access and submit Datix reports using generic computer log-ins and the senior nurse’s email address.
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Concerns raised1
Failure of staff to report injuries
This report raised 1 other concern. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Data last updated 7 September 2026