Safeguarding Case Review Tracker
Records and tracks lessons and outcomes from safeguarding cases and Serious Incidents (SI)
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Also known as
- Safeguarding Case Review Tracker (S-CRT)
- Reference code
- DCB3124 Amd 54/2020
- Publication date
- 22/04/2021
- Status
- Active
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- Standard type
- Collections
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
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Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
- Collection level
Aggregate level
- Frequency
Dataset publication or collection occurs at uneven intervals.
- Contact point
Link to standard
- Documentation
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- Applies to
- Integrated Care Boards
- Associated medias
- Effective from
- 01/07/2021
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Adult
- Care
- Child
- Clinical safety
- Data definitions and terminologies
- Service
- Care setting
- Ambulance (Urgent and Emergency Care)
- Care home
- Community health
- Dentistry
- GP / Primary care
- Home
- Hospital
- Maternity
- Mental health
- Prison
- School
- Social care
- Urgent and Emergency Care
- Walk in centre
Review Information
- Scope
- Integrated Care Boards
- Approval date
- 23/03/2021
Legal basis and endorsements
- Legal authority
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
More information
The collection includes multi-agency Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews, Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and SIs which have occurred because of harm, regardless of the setting of the serious incident.
In broad terms, SIs are events in health care where the potential for learning is so great, or the consequences to patients, families and carers, staff or organisations are so significant, that they warrant using additional resources to mount a comprehensive response.
SIs can extend beyond situations which affect patients directly and include incidents which may indirectly impact patient safety or an organisation’s ability to deliver ongoing healthcare.
The data will be used to improve citizen safety by enabling NHS England to identify and report on the number of Serious Incidents that have occurred and to successfully deliver its safeguarding statutory duties, roles and responsibilities to all individuals working in providers of NHS funded care settings and NHS commissioning organisations. It will also be used by safeguarding leads to track the progress of local safeguarding cases, allowing the system to identify the number of cases open, themes of incidents and learning from any recommendations.
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