Patient Safety - LFPSE

The Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) service is a national NHS system for the recording and analysis of patient safety events that occur in healthcare. The service introduces a range of innovations to support the NHS to improve learning from the over 2.5 million patient safety events recorded each year, to help make care safer. You can read more on the NHS England website: How LFPSE will improve patient safety learning.

LFPSE is now in use across the NHS and organisations have switched to recording patient safety events onto the new LFPSE service using LFPSE-compliant local systems, rather than the National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) which was decommissioned on 30 June 2024. The Strategic Executive Information System (StEIS) is still in use whilst the next version of LFPSE is rolled out to replace it – see here for specific reporting guidance.

Organisations without a Local Risk Management System (LRMS) (typically private primary care providers, such as GP, dental and optometry practices and community pharmacies) are asked to record patient safety events directly onto LFPSE by registering for an account and using the online Learn From Patient Safety Events service.

To support local safety governance, response and improvement, this online service offers users the ability to assign relevant individuals access to data on all safety events recorded within their organisation, and to complete statutory and national policy requirements as necessary. Relevant staff within Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and Regional teams can request read-only access to data submitted by providers within their areas, to enable their remit for patient safety oversight and offer support to provider organisations.

If you would like to reach out, or have any suggestions, please do get in touch at somicb.patientsafety@nhs.net.