questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are protocols in place for mandatory external reviews after internal concerns on patient safety are raised within the NHS.
answerText: From 2015, the National Health Service has followed the Serious Incident Framework to guide its response to serious incidents in the NHS. Details of this framework are available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/serious-incid...
heading: Patients: Safety