The Never Events Hospital Reporting Initiative focuses on QI actions and learnings in response to a never event, and the strategies used to reduce future occurrences. The second 6-month reporting window closed on June 30, 2025, capturing hospital never events that occurred between July 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Thank you to those who submitted data.
We have reviewed the first set of data submissions, and the QI learnings will help inform the Quality and Patient Safety Program community of practice (see below on how to join). This community of practice is focused on learning from never events; it acts as a forum for sharing improvement opportunities to prevent never events across hospitals in Ontario.
The next cycle of reporting is now in progress, capturing never events that occurred between January 1, 2025, and June 30, 2025; reports will be due on December 31, 2025.
A new Never Events Prevention Plan is also underway; further resources will be made available to hospitals in the coming months. If you have questions, please contact QualityandPatientSafety@ontariohealth.ca
For more information, join the community of practice to access the reporting link, reference documents, and resources:
Join the Quality and Patient Safety Program CoP!