Research and analysis

Safer radiotherapy: biennial error analysis and learning

Analysis and learning from radiotherapy and near miss data reported voluntarily by UK radiotherapy providers and the relevant reporting authorities.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 1 June 2012
• Last updated: 22 July 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Biennial radiotherapy error data analysis and learning report (report 8) January 2022 to December 2023

Ref: GOV-16931

PDF, 1.55 MB, 62 pages

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Biennial radiotherapy error data analysis and learning report (report 7) January 2020 to December 2021

Ref: UKHSA publication gateway number GOV-13598

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Details

The analysis was carried out by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and has been reviewed by the Patient Safety in Radiotherapy Steering Group.

Reports 3 to 6 covering the period December 2011 to December 2019 were published by Public Health England (PHE).

Report 2 covering the period December 2009 to November 2011 was published by the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

Reports prior to this were published by the HPA and are available via their archived web pages.

Safer radiotherapy triannual error and learning reports

Safer radiotherapy: triannual error analysis and learning

These four-monthly reports contain analysis and learning from radiotherapy and near miss data reported voluntarily by UK radiotherapy providers and the relevant reporting authorities.

Safer radiotherapy: triannual error analysis and learning

Safer radiotherapy e-bulletins

Read our Safer radiotherapy e-bulletins. The aim of the e-bulletin is to provide a regular update on the analysis by UKHSA of radiotherapy error (RTE) reports.

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Published 1 June 2012
Last updated 22 July 2024 + show all updates

1. 22 July 2024

   Added report 8, January 2022 to December 2023.

2. 11 November 2022

   Added January 2020 to December 2021 report.

3. 18 June 2020

   Added report for January 2018 to December 2019.

4. 24 May 2019

   Added 'PHE-CRCE: data report on radiotherapy errors and near misses (report 5) December 2015 to November 2017' document.

5. 2 September 2016

   Added radiotherapy errors and near misses data report 4.

6. 28 November 2014

   Adding newset 'Data report on radiotherapy errors and near misses (report 3)'.

7. 1 June 2012

   First published.