Four measures of patient safety show no improvement in England since last year

The proportion of patients who sustain one of four harms monitored by the NHS in England as a measure of safety has changed very little in the past year, figures show, and pressure ulcers are still the most common problem.

Overall in November this year, 5.8% of patients (11 118 of 191 000) who received care in a hospital, a nursing home, their own home, or another care setting experienced one of the four harms, …