NHS issues warning over ‘potential serious risks to patient safety’ posed by issues with maternity IT system


Trusts are urged to act after Euroking software from Magentus – which is reportedly used by 18 NHS organisations – has been found to overwrite, wrongly backdate or incorrectly populate patient records

NHS England has issued a formal warning over “potential serious risks to patient safety” caused by a commonly used maternity IT system overwriting data and populating patient records with incorrect information.

The health service yesterday published a National Patient Safety Alert (PSA) concerning the Euroking “maternity information system” owned by software firm Magentus. The IT platform is one of the most commonly used maternity tool across the NHS, and is implemented 18 trusts.

The NHS warning over the product says that, while “there is currently no evidence of actual harm being reported as a result of these issues”, users of the platform should be aware of the possible dangers posed to patients by problems with the software in which it overwrites sections of records or populates them with incorrect information. This could lead to clinicians working with inaccurate information – and, thus, providing inappropriate care, the alert warns.

It describes one such issue: “When a clinician opens a new pregnancy record, Euroking will have automatically copied the partner details from any previous pregnancy into this new record, which can result in incorrect management of the pregnancy and subsequent harm. Partner details can be manually updated, but the new partner details will then be back copied and overwrite those in previous pregnancy records and the partner details for any previous pregnancies will then be incorrect.”

In another instance “recording of a cervical sweep at 40 weeks’ gestation is back copied across the pregnancy record, and this clinical intervention will show as having been inappropriately undertaken at 18 weeks”, while some Euroking users have also reported that “leaving a blank data field for blood group removes any previously populated blood group data, resulting in no identifiable blood group in the patient’s record”.


Related content


The issues with the technology could also create risks for health organisations and individual clinicians. This is exemplified by a reported problem in which referrals for domestic abuse services are wrongly backdated, as are reports from the patient of female genital mutilation, “suggesting healthcare professionals were aware of concerns earlier than they were, and had not taken appropriate action”, according to the alert.

Within the next six months, all current NHS users of the product are instructed to engage with their tech suppliers and “consider if Euroking meets their maternity service’s needs and ensure that their local configuration is safe”.  This process must be overseen by a clinical safety officer.

Trusts are also asked to check the accuracy of “each data field within the system” to ensure information has not been wrongly overwritten, copied of automated. Organisations are also encouraged to back up all clinical data. Organisations with “legacy” records stored in a Euroking environment are also advised to double check any potential issues caused by the software problems.

In light of the Euroking issues, users of all other maternity records systems are also advised to “reassess the clinical safety of their maternity EPR with a suitably qualified clinical safety officer and, as a minimum, must ensure that the issues listed… relating to the back and forward copying of information do not occur… [and] that their current maternity EPR complies with the core maternity capabilities in the [NHS] Maternity Digital Capabilities Framework”.

In a statement sent to PublicTechnology, a spokesperson for Euroking said: “Euroking is a maternity information management product which has been serving NHS trusts for more than 10 years. In recent months we have been working with NHS England to address questions relating to the way certain data fields are represented on the system. We have also provided customers with support and information to address the issues raised. We will continue to work with our customers to address the points raised in the PSA and, if necessary, transition care to updated or alternative processes and systems in conjunction with our customers’ clinical safety team.  We are proud of our safety track record and continue to prioritise patient safety in all we do. As NHS England have said, there is currently no evidence of actual harm being reported as a result of these issues.”

Sam Trendall

Learn More →

27 thoughts on “NHS issues warning over ‘potential serious risks to patient safety’ posed by issues with maternity IT system

  1. 송도콜걸출장섹스마사지 November 25, 2024 at 12:03 pm

    벼룩시장 신문그대로보기 (구인구직, 부동산) 벼룩시장 신문그대로보기 바로가기 그리고 지역별 벼룩시장 종이신문그대로보기 방법 (구인구직, 부동산) 알아볼게요. 교차로신문 같이 벼룩시장은 지역별 일자리, 구인구직, 부동산 등 다양한 정보를 제공해요. 교차로신문그대로보기 바로가기는 아래에서 확인하고, 오늘은 벼룩시장 신문그대로보기 바로가기 그리고 사용법 섹스카지노사이트

  2. 송도콜걸출장섹스마사지 November 25, 2024 at 2:05 pm

    벼룩시장 신문그대로보기 (구인구직, 부동산) 벼룩시장 신문그대로보기 바로가기 그리고 지역별 벼룩시장 종이신문그대로보기 방법 (구인구직, 부동산) 알아볼게요. 교차로신문 같이 벼룩시장은 지역별 일자리, 구인구직, 부동산 등 다양한 정보를 제공해요. 교차로신문그대로보기 바로가기는 아래에서 확인하고, 오늘은 벼룩시장 신문그대로보기 바로가기 그리고 사용법 섹스카지노사이트

  3. 송도출장섹스마사지 December 1, 2024 at 11:57 am

    https://pornmaster.fun/hd/irani-girls-x-videos

  4. binance December 3, 2024 at 3:27 am

    Thank you for your sharing. I am worried that I lack creative ideas. It is your article that makes me full of hope. Thank you. But, I have a question, can you help me?

  5. 신림동콜걸출장섹스마사지 December 8, 2024 at 1:20 am

    대전호박나이트

  6. 마천출장섹스마사지 December 13, 2024 at 3:04 am

    https://honeytiplabs.com/아이폰-배터리-노란색-설정-및-해제-방법/

  7. 송도건마출장섹스마사지 December 16, 2024 at 10:30 am

    https://nicesongtoyou.com/loan/unemployed-loan/

  8. 일산건마출장섹스마사지 December 16, 2024 at 11:28 am

    대전나이트클럽

  9. 부평출장섹스마사지 December 19, 2024 at 1:10 pm

    https://dnolife.net/software/melon/

  10. binance úcet January 9, 2025 at 12:51 pm

    Thanks for sharing. I read many of your blog posts, cool, your blog is very good.

  11. Lauran Kuschel January 13, 2025 at 9:21 pm

    Excellent post! The tip on using a snowball method approach is perfect. I’ve been using this strategy, and it’s been very effective. I also created a no-cost guide on how to use it, which your readers might find useful. Well done!

  12. Don Kitzrow January 16, 2025 at 1:23 pm

    This is such an useful article! I loved the advice on eliminating high-rate debt first. I’ve been using a comparable approach, and it’s worked wonders. I also wrote a step-by-step guide on tackling debt, which might be useful for your audience. Keep it up!

  13. 섹스노리야동코리아 January 19, 2025 at 4:24 am

    https://infohelpforyou.com/tag/ec9ab8ec82b0eab590ecb0a8eba19c-ebb094eba19ceab080eab8b0/

  14. 섹스노리야동코리아 January 19, 2025 at 11:17 am

    https://madreviewer.tistory.com/tag/pdfED8C8CEC9DBCEBB380ED9998

  15. bbgo January 19, 2025 at 5:41 pm

    Pornstar

  16. Viagra January 20, 2025 at 7:13 am

    Porn

  17. 섹스노리야동코리아 January 20, 2025 at 10:40 am

    https://download-install.com/tag/알약20기업용

  18. 섹스노리야동코리아 January 22, 2025 at 4:35 am

    https://dnolife.net/software/roblox/

  19. 섹스노리야동코리아 January 27, 2025 at 3:39 am

    https://new-software.download/windows/nox-player/

  20. 섹스노리야동코리아 January 27, 2025 at 1:19 pm

    https://honeytipit.tistory.com/tag/양평군청20구인구직

  21. Buy Cheap Proxies January 27, 2025 at 5:30 pm

    I was very pleased to search out this net-site.I wanted to thanks on your time for this glorious read!! I undoubtedly having fun with every little little bit of it and I’ve you bookmarked to take a look at new stuff you blog post.

  22. 섹스노리야동코리아 January 31, 2025 at 10:35 am

    https://bestkkultip.tistory.com/12

  23. Hairstyles Color January 31, 2025 at 6:31 pm

    My brother recommended I might like this web site. He was totally right. This post actually made my day. You can not imagine simply how much time I had spent for this information! Thanks!

  24. 섹스노리야동코리아 February 6, 2025 at 8:51 am

    https://blog.naver.com/vckse2ks/223715140515

  25. 섹스노리야동코리아 February 7, 2025 at 7:36 am

    https://blog.naver.com/combine8589/223743339311

  26. 섹스노리야동코리아 February 12, 2025 at 10:04 am

    https://www.youtube.com/@jdwland

  27. Short Hairstyles February 13, 2025 at 2:43 am

    Virtually all of the things you claim happens to be astonishingly legitimate and that makes me wonder the reason why I had not looked at this in this light before. This particular piece truly did switch the light on for me as far as this specific issue goes. Nonetheless at this time there is actually 1 issue I am not necessarily too cozy with and while I attempt to reconcile that with the actual core idea of the point, allow me observe just what the rest of your visitors have to point out.Nicely done.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *