In addition to the services delivered by the Medical Exposures Group (MEG) in UKHSA, the Radiotherapy team work to provide support to the radiotherapy community in improving patient safety. This work is supported by UKHSA and the Patient Safety in Radiotherapy Steering Group.

A series of presentations have been developed to support the application of radiotherapy patient safety guidance, including Advancing Safer Radiotherapy (ASR) and the National Patient Safety Radiotherapy Event (NPSRTE) Taxonomy.

1. National patient safety radiotherapy event terminology and taxonomies
This presentation introduces the nationally agreed terminology and taxonomies used when describing and categorising patient safety radiotherapy events.

2. Application of the national patient safety radiotherapy event (RTE) taxonomies
Here we share how the nationally agreed taxonomies should be applied to RTE reports.

3. Advancing Safer Radiotherapy: guidance for radiotherapy providers on improving patient safety
This presentation provides an overview of the radiotherapy patient safety guidance - Advancing Safer Radiotherapy.