How will local reporters learn about a case that is reported?
Local Reporters may be unaware that an event has occurred in their hospital but when notified of an event the NAP4 team will directly contact the LR of that hospital. The LR will be given the date and time of an event and the name of the person reporting the event. The LR will locate the clinicians involved. The LR will support these clinicians and aid the data collection process. The LR and the involved clinicians will then submit a detailed report to the NAP4 section of the DAS website on behalf of another anaesthetist if that person is unable or unwilling to do so. As long as every event is notified to the NAP4 team at tcook@rcoa.ac.uk the rest will follow. Links to his email can be found on both the DAS and College web-sites. Anyone can tell him of an event, a surgeon, anaesthetist, ODP or nurse.
