questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2024 to Question 12362 on Operating Theatres: Fires, how (a) her Department and (b) NHS England defines the most serious surgical fires and burns; what steps she is taking to ensure the mandatory reporting of such (i) fires and (ii) burns; and how many such (A) fires and (B) burns have been reported by NHS England in each of the last five years.
answerText: Any unexpected or unintended incident which could have or did lead to harm to one or more patients can be recorded on the Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) service, to support local and national learning. This can include surgical fires or burns. W...
heading: Operating Theatres: Fires