From week
commencing 20 February 2023, all communications of estates issues by NHSE
Estates and Facilities that carry a significant patient safety risk and meet
the National Patient Safety Alert Criteria will be issued as National
Patient Safety Alerts. These alerts follow the criteria and template agreed by
the National Patient Safety Alerting Committee (NaPSAC).
All known
estates issues that meet the National Patient Safety Alert criteria will now be
issued as National Patient Safety Alerts (NatPSA) which replace the Estates and
Facilities Alerts (EFA). Responses will continue to be collected via the Central Alerting System (CAS) website.
Estates
issues that do not meet the NatPSA criteria will continue to be issued via the estates and facilities
hub.
If you have an NHS email address please email england.efmportalsubmissions@nhs.net to request access to
the site. If you do not please
email england.estatesandfacilities@nhs.net to gain access to a
separate Teams the where estates notifications that do not meet the criteria
for a National Patient Safety Alert are issued. In extreme
situations notification may be via the NHS England EPRR process, but this would
not be a common occurrence.
The attached provides further information.
CAS Liaison Officers: there is no response required via the CAS website to this message.