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Effective incident management systems: Best practice guidance

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This guidance provides information for providers to help them to develop and embed a best practice incident management system which enables them to respond to and manage specific incidents and near misses by assessing:

  • what happened
  • how and why it happened
  • what can be done to reduce the risk of recurrence and support safer care
  • what was learned
  • how the learning can be shared.

 

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Guides,
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Residential services
Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)
Cover - Effective incident management systems: Best practice guidance December 2022