Benefits of reporting adverse incidents

This can help when targeting improvements and system changes to reduce the re-occurrence of adverse incidents and the likelihood of injury to patients and clients in the future.

Organisations or individuals benefit from reporting incidents if they receive back useful information and learning gained by generalising and analysing similar cases. There is also, of course, a cost associated with adverse incidents and, consequently, a financial benefit to be gained by maximising learning from those events, applying those lessons, and avoiding re-occurrence.