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Welcome to NRLS Reporting

The National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) is a central database of patient safety incident reports. Since the NRLS was set up in 2003, the culture of reporting incidents to improve safety in healthcare has developed substantially.

All information submitted is analysed to identify hazards, risks and opportunities to continuously improve the safety of patient care. Please click here for further information.

The published Organisation Patient Safety Incident Reports are generated by the Explorer Tool and can be found here.

For the published data workbook, please click here.

For the monthly published data reports click here and for the National Patient Safety Reports click here.

After logging in you can:

  • Upload incident reports from your local risk management reporting system
  • Review incident reports submitted by your organisation
  • View incident reports submitted online to the NRLS for your organisation

News Headlines

  • 25-Sep-2019 : Official Statistics Release

    Dear user, the official statistics releases of the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) data have been published today. This includes the Organisation Patient Safety Incident Reports (OPSIR) and the National Patient Safety Incident Reports (NAPSIR; previously called Quarterly Data Summaries). The NRLS explorer tool is now available and includes the most recent data. Please visit the home page of the NRLS Reporting site (before log in) to find links to the report. NHS Improvement have also published the 6th Review and Response report, covering the period October 2018 - March 2019. https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/patient-safety-review-and-response-October-2018-March-2019/.


  • 19-Sep-2019 : Upcoming publication date - 25th September 2019

    Dear user, this is for incidents reported as occurring between 1st of October 2018 and 31st of March 2019 that were submitted to the NRLS on or before the 31st of May 2019.


  • 29-Mar-2019 : Guidance to implement revised 2018 PU Framework

    Guidance to implement the revised 2018 Pressure Ulcer framework in your local reporting system and for reporting to the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) can be found via: https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/pressure-ulcers-revised-definition-and-measurement-framework/


  • 15-Oct-2014 : NRLS Mapping Toolkit available

    An NRLS Mapping Toolkit aimed at demystifying the NRLS Mapping process and helping you set up an ideal coding structure is now available. Please request the Mapping Toolkit and mapping review by completing a contact form.