A national framework for reviewing and learning from adverse events in NHS Scotland: February 2025
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Document Type
Process guidance
Summary
This revised national framework is intended to provide an overarching approach developed from best practice to support healthcare providers effectively manage adverse events. This guidance may also be appropriate for use in social care and social work settings.
Tools have been developed to promote consistent implementation of the framework. These can be found in the toolkit on the HIS website. The tools in this framework include:
- SAER template
- a learning summary template
- a quality assurance checklist for completing reviews
- a risk matrix