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National Patient Safety Alert - NHS England Patient Safety
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- Care Trusts
- Mental Health Trusts
- Specialists Trusts
- Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Mental Health & Social Care Trusts
- Ambulance Trusts
- Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Trusts
- Acute Trusts
- Community Trusts
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- Other contacts
- Independent Healthcare Providers (registered with CAS)
- Clinical Commissioning Groups
- Special Health Authorities
- Territorial CMOs in Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- Integrated Care Boards
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Transition to NRFit connectors for intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks
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**Update:
An update to this alert was published by NHS England on 28 January 2025 providing guidance on declaring compliance with the alert, and actions to manage patient safety risks where NRFit™ compliant devices are not yet in use for specific procedures – see
https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/national-patient-safety-alert-transition-to-nrfit-connectors-for-intrathecal-and-epidural-procedures-and-delivery-of-regional-blocks/
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This National Patient Safety Alert, issued by the NHS England National Patient
Safety Team, and co-badged by the Association of Anaesthetists, Royal College
of Anaesthetists and the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group, instructs all relevant
NHS funded providers to complete the transition to NRFit™ connectors for all
intrathecal and epidural procedures, and delivery of regional blocks by 31
January 2025.
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| Additional information: |
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This alert is not relevant to Primary Care
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| Action underway deadline: |
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02-Feb-2024
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| Action complete deadline: |
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31-Jan-2025
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