1. Please indicate how many reported incidents relating to patient safety were reported in maternity every month during 2016?
[Reported incidents using your organisation’s incident management reporting system for example Datix].
2. Please indicate how many of the reported incidents were caused by staffing levels as reported in maternity every month during 2016?
[Reported incidents using your organisation’s incident management reporting system for example Datix].
3. Some incident reporting systems require an assessment of the severity of the incident.
Please indicate the level of severity of the reported incidents that related to patient safety and were caused by staffing levels as reported in maternity every month during 2016?
Please specify the different levels of severity and add more columns as appropriate.
[Reported incidents using your organisation’s incident management reporting system for example Datix].
4. Some incident reporting systems require an assessment of how likely it is that the incident will occur again.
Please indicate the likelihood of reoccurrence of the reported incidents that related to patient safety and were caused by staffing levels as reported in maternity every month during 2016?
Please specify the different levels of likelihood of reoccurrence and add more columns as appropriate.
[Reported incidents using your organisation’s incident management reporting system for example Datix].

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