\n NHS health boards are duty bound to notify regulator Healthcare Improvement Scotland when a significant adverse event review (SAERs) has been commissioned following a major incident.\n<\/p>\n
\n Category one events \u2013 the most serious incidents – must be reported and may have caused death, major injury, disfigurement or severe emotional or psychological trauma.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Scottish Government<\/a> revealed the figures following a written parliamentary question from Scottish Conservative MSP Tim Eagle.\n<\/p>\n \n The data revealed that since 2021, there have been 3,586 incidents reported to the regulator by local health boards and the Scottish Ambulance Service<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n Read More:\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n The Scottish Government has not provided further detail on the nature of the incidents.\n<\/p>\n \n However, the data revealed that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde<\/a> \u2013 the country\u2019s largest health board \u2013 has had the most incidents since 2021, with 1,242 serious incidents reported to regulators in five years.\n<\/p>\n \n The health board has consistently reported hundreds of incidents each year, including 117 between January and June 2025.\n<\/p>\n \n It comes after the health board was condemned by Healthcare Improvement Scotland earlier this year after a report revealed it was failing to review its most serious patient safety incidents within the 90-day timeframe set by the regulator\u2019s guidelines.\n<\/p>\n \n The regulator\u2019s report showed that 262 incidents were recorded between January and October 2024, however just one was successfully reviewed within the 90-day timescale, and only 14 were assessed in total.\n<\/p>\n \n The new figures revealed in the parliamentary correspondence revealed there has also been 404 incidents logged since 2021 at NHS Lanarkshire, while a further 356 were reported at NHS Lothian, which includes Edinburgh<\/a> hospitals.\n<\/p>\n \n Read More:\n<\/p>\n \n The Scottish Government said the 90-day guideline is in place to learn lessons from the significant incidents.\n<\/p>\n \n However, Mr Eagle, who represents the Highlands and Islands region in Holyrood<\/a>, said the figures show that Health Secretary Neil Gray<\/a> is \u201cout of his depth\u201d and described the data as \u201ccatastrophic\u201d.\n<\/p>\n