Significant events and Never Events     

FOI REFERENCE: 24511  FOI DATE: 11^th November 2024     

For the financial years 19/20, 20/21, 21/22, 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25, please could you detail the number of significant events and never events that were recorded across your NHS Trust? For clarity, we are using the definitions of ‘significant’ and ‘never’ events as published by NHS England. Please provide a breakdown of the number of recorded events for each category. 

Never events

Financial year	Never Events
2019-20	7
2020-21	0
2021-22	9
2022-23	4
2023-24	4
2024-25	3
total	27

Significant events

Financial Year	Significant Events
2019-20	92
2020-21	222
2021-22	160
2022-23	137
2023-24	90
2024-25	6
Grand Total	707

For each financial year, please also provide a breakdown of the number of ‘significant’ and ‘never’ events which involved a physician/anaesthesia associate. 

Data not held incidents are not recorded against job roles

For each financial year, please detail the number of doctors, nurses and physician/anaesthesia associates employed at your trust.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have 45 Nursing Associates

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have 22 Physicians Associates