questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of theatre-related fires that were reported in NHS hospitals in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022 and (d) 2023.
answerText: We are informed that NHS England’s national patient safety team does not hold or collect information on the number of surgical fires which occur.Any unexpected or unintended incident which could have or did lead to harm to one or more patients can be reco...
heading: Operating Theatres: Fires