Characterising the nature of primary care patient safety incident reports in the England and Wales National Reporting and Learning System: a mixed-methods agenda-setting study for general practice

• Main Authors: Andrew Carson-Stevens (Author), Peter Hibbert (Author), Huw Williams (Author), Huw Prosser Evans (Author), Alison Cooper (Author), Philippa Rees (Author), Anita Deakin (Author), Emma Shiels (Author), Russell Gibson (Author), Amy Butlin (Author), Ben Carter (Author), Donna Luff (Author), Gareth Parry (Author), Meredith Makeham (Author), Paul McEnhill (Author), Hope Olivia Ward (Author), Raymond Samuriwo (Author), Anthony Avery (Author), Antony Chuter (Author), Liam Donaldson (Author), Sharon Mayor (Author), Sukhmeet Panesar (Author), Aziz Sheikh (Author), Fiona Wood (Author), Adrian Edwards (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: There is an emerging interest in the inadvertent harm caused to patients by the provision of primary health-care services. To date (up to 2015), there has been limited research interest and few policy directives focused on patient safety in primary care. In 2003, a major investment was m...