Staffing incidents as a proportion of all incident types by specialty Source: Incidents reported to the RLS that occurred between April 2008 to March 2009

Number of incidents reported in England, October 2003 to June 2009

Timeliness of reporting among NHS organisations in England, January to  June 2009

Number of incidents reported as occurring in England, April 2008 to March 2009

Reported incident types in England, April 2008 to March 2009 The total figures in England are marginally lower than those shown in other tables, as there were two incidents with missing incident type. These incidents are currently being investigated.

Care setting of incident reports in England, April 2008 to March 2009

Reported incident types in acute/general hospitals in England, April 2008 to March 2009 Two reports received did not state incident type

Reported incident types in mental  health services in England, April 2008 to March 2009

Reported incident types in learning disabilities services in England, April 2008 to March 2009

Reported incident types in community nursing, medical and therapy services in England, April 2008 to March 2009

Reported incident types in ambulance services in England, April 2008 to March 2009

Reported incident types in general practice in England, April 2008 to  March 2009

Reported degree of harm to patients in England, April 2008 to March 2009 The total number of incidents (914,124) is lower than that quoted elsewhere, as it excludes those incidents where degree of harm was not stated.

Reported incidents associated with severe harm or death by care setting in England, April 2008 to March 2009

Reported incidents associated with severe harm or death, by incident type in England, April 2008 to March 2009