Over breakfast I saw my
professional regulator had posted on Facebook on a subject that will haunt me
for ever. They had released
a statement on the case of Doctor Bawa-Garba who
has been found guilty of manslaughter following a terrible incident in which a
small child died. I see the Secretary of State for Health has also got involved
and said that clarity is needed about drawing the line between gross negligence
and ordinary errors. He went on to say that doctors should learn from - not
fear – mistakes. Whilst no one can deny that the mistake that was made was
awful, hospitals are rather full-on stressful places. And when a mistake is
made, the consequences are far-reaching for those on both sides of the error.
Spending years to qualify for
a job in which any mistake will land you in prison isn’t conducive to
recruitment and retention of staff, is it?
Who of us can say truthfully
that they have never once made a mistake at work?
(And again I felt
physically sick as I mentally re-lived the summer of seven years ago)
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