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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

  • 14-May-2019 : Next reporting cut-off date

    Dear user, the cut-off date for submission of Organisation Patient Safety Incident Reports (OPSIR) and the National Patient Safety Incident Reports (NAPSIR) is Friday 31 May 2019. This applies to all patient safety incidents that occurred between 1 October 2018 and 31 March 2019. Please note that it is best practice to report patient safety incidents to the NRLS at least once a month. Regular reporting NHS organisations are also featured in the NRLS monthly report and this can be accessed via https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/monthly-data-patient-safety-incident-reports.


  • 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/


  • 27-Mar-2019 : Official Statistics Release

    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 to include the most recent data.Please visit the home page of the NRLS Reporting site (before log in) to find links to the reports. NHS Improvement have also published the 5th Review and Response report,covering the period April-Sep 2018 https://improvement.nhs.uk/resources/patient-safety-review-and-response-april-september-2018/.


  • 19-Nov-2018 : NRLS 15th Anniversary!

    This Saturday (24 November) will mark the 15th anniversary of the first incident being reported to the NRLS. Why not tweet why you think it is important to share details of incidents to support safety. Here’s the link to the post https://twitter.com/ptsafetyNHS/status/1064537990914080768 using the hashtag #whyireport


  • 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.