Synchronise Patient Safety Systems
Hyponatraemia Inquiry · Report of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths · Issued 31 January 2018 · Addressed to: Department of Health NI
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
The Department, HBSC, PHA, RQIA and HSC Trusts should synchronise electronic patient safety incident and risk management software systems, codes and classifications to enable effective oversight and analysis of regional information.
Hyponatraemia Inquiry, Report of the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths · 31 Jan 2018 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- The Encompass electronic care record system, rolled out across all five NI HSC Trusts by May 2025, is expected to support synchronisation of patient safety data (Encompass Programme, Health and Social Care NI, May 2025).
How was this evidence gathered?
Response — verbatim from government
●Department of Health NI
Work progressing on synchronisation of patient safety incident systems across organisations.
Department of Health NI · 1 Mar 2018 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.
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