Research and analysis

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.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 30 July 2014
• Last updated: 31 January 2024 — See all updates

Documents

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

Ref: UKHSA publication gateway number GOV-16030

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

Ref: UKHSA publication gateway number GOV-15477

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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

Ref: UKHSA publication gateway number GOV-13338

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

Ref: UKHSA publication gateway number GOV-12314

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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:

• issues 23 to 35
• issues 13 to 22
• issues 1 to 12

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Published 30 July 2014
Last updated 31 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 31 January 2024

   Added issue 42.

2. 29 September 2023

   Added issue 41.

3. 31 May 2023

   Added issue 40.

4. 31 January 2023

   Added latest report.

5. 30 September 2022

   Added issue 38.

6. 24 May 2022

   Added issue 37.

7. 31 January 2022

   Added issue 36 and archived previous reports.

8. 29 September 2021

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

9. 28 May 2021

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

10. 22 January 2021

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

11. 2 October 2020

    Added issue 32 and supplementary data analysis.

12. 10 July 2020

    Added issue 31 supplementary data analysis.

13. 1 May 2020

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

14. 14 February 2020

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

15. 27 September 2019

    Added issue 29 and supplementary data analysis.

16. 14 June 2019

    Added issue 28 and supplementary data analysis.

17. 6 February 2019

    Added issue 27 and supplementary data analysis.

18. 26 October 2018

    Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 26 and supplementary data analysis.

19. 31 May 2018

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

20. 31 January 2018

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

21. 28 September 2017

    Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 23 and supplementary data analysis.

22. 16 June 2017

    Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 22 and supplementary data analysis.

23. 31 January 2017

    Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 21 and supplementary data analysis.

24. 7 October 2016

    Added Safer Radiotherapy issue 20 and supplementary data analysis.

25. 25 May 2016

    Published issue 19, January to March 2016.

26. 18 March 2016

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

27. 29 September 2015

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

28. 29 May 2015

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

29. 5 February 2015

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

30. 30 October 2014

    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.

31. 30 July 2014

    First published.