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Part of Curriculum level 3 - guidance

Module 3.8 - Incident management and monitoring

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Current chapter – Module 3.8 - Incident management and monitoring


This module addresses reactive clinical risk management — incident reporting/recording, investigation, change control and post-deployment monitoring — and how learning from patient safety incidents feeds back into controls, training and the safety case.


This module will provide:

Knowledge
  • Incident management, change control and post-deployment monitoring
  • How patient safety events are recorded and responded to for the purpose of learning and improvement
  • Understanding of how organisations learn from patient safety events, such as Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
Skills
  • Integrates incidents and monitoring into CRM artefacts
  • Analyses incident themes and translates findings into action
Behaviours
  • Vigilant and responsive throughout system life

Learning outcome 19

Reactive clinical risk management.

Content guidance

1. Active oversight after go-live

Logging and triaging clinical/patient safety incidents.

Change control and post-deployment monitoring.

Updating the safety case in response to findings.


Learning outcome 20

Learning from patient safety incidents.

Content guidance

1. Closing the loop on incidents

Contributory factors, human factors and system factors.

Translating findings into hazard log, controls and safety case updates.

‘Being fair’ guide and communication of learning.


Last edited: 16 July 2026 10:46 am