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Safer radiotherapy: triannual error analysis and learning

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

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 44

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 43

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 42

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 41

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 40

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 39

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 38

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 37

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Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 36

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Details

This analysis, carried out by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), has been reviewed by the Patient Safety in Radiotherapy Steering Group, whose comments have been incorporated into this document.

Previous reports are available online:

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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Updates to this page

Published 30 July 2014
Last updated 10 October 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added issue 44.

  2. Added issue 43.

  3. Added issue 42.

  4. Added issue 41.

  5. Added issue 40.

  6. Added latest report.

  7. Added issue 38.

  8. Added issue 37.

  9. Added issue 36 and archived previous reports.

  10. Added 'Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning report, issue 35'.

  11. Added 'Safer RT: triannual error analysis and learning issue 34'

  12. Added 'Radiotherapy error data analysis August to November 2020, issue 33'.

  13. Added issue 32 and supplementary data analysis.

  14. Added issue 31 supplementary data analysis.

  15. Archived supplementary error data analysis quarterly report, issues 13 to 22.

  16. Added 'Safer radiotherapy: supplementary error data analysis' (August to November 2019, issue 30) and newsletter issue 30 link.

  17. Added issue 29 and supplementary data analysis.

  18. Added issue 28 and supplementary data analysis.

  19. Added issue 27 and supplementary data analysis.

  20. Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 26 and supplementary data analysis.

  21. Added 'Safer Radiotherapy issue 25' and supplementary data analysis.

  22. Added 'Safer Radiotherapy issue 24' and supplementary data analysis.

  23. Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 23 and supplementary data analysis.

  24. Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 22 and supplementary data analysis.

  25. Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 21 and supplementary data analysis.

  26. Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 20 and supplementary data analysis.

  27. Published issue 19, January to March 2016.

  28. Published issue 18 of safer radiotherapy newsletter and supplementary data analysis report.

  29. Added issue 17 of summary of error data analysis and supplementary data analysis report.

  30. Added issue 16 of summary of error data quarterly analysis and supplementary error data analysis quarterly report.

  31. Added: summary of error data quarterly analysis (January 2014, issue 15); supplementary error data analysis quarterly report: September 2014 to November 2014 (issue 15)

  32. The summary of error data quarterly analysis (October 2014, issue 14) and supplementary error data analysis quarterly report: June 2014 to August 2014 (issue 14) have been added.

  33. First published.

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