02 January 2015 02 Jan 2015

Supervisory investigation as part of the wider risk management process

One of the greatest achievements of the past 10 years is the acknowledgement that medical, nursing and midwifery error can lead to patient harm and instigate more open discussion by health professionals, politicians and the general public (Vincent, 2010) Previously, many adverse health care events were witnessed that could have been avoided had the lessons of past experience been learned properly