... how many of these recommendations survive an extensive consultation process. Originality/value The paper describes one nation's attempt to address universal challenges in healthcare delivery and gives an update of health reform proposals. Multiple responses to the reform commission final Report...

...Abhijit Basu; Georgios Theophilou; Rosemary Howell Purpose The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of incident reporting within the Department of Gynaecology at Trafford General Hospital. Design/methodology/approach A list of all reported clinical incidents in relation...

...S.J. Giles; Gary A. Cook; Michael A. Jones; Brian Todd; Margaret Mason; B.N. Muddu; Kieran Walshe Purpose The first phase of this study developed a multi‐professionally agreed list of adverse events for clinical incident reporting in Trauma and Orthopaedics. This follow‐up study aims to evaluate...

...Sally Giles; Gary Cook; Michael Jones; Brian Todd; Margaret Mason; Kieran Walshe The aim of this study was to develop a multi‐professionally agreed list of adverse events, which may act as a prompt for clinical incident reporting in trauma and orthopaedics and to determine what healthcare...

...Jane Cowan The new National Patient Safety Agency (NPS) has set itself (and NHS organisations) an ambitious agenda. The success of the new reporting system will depend not only on concerned staff’s awareness about what constitutes an adverse incident but also on the convergence of their individual...

...P. Jane Cowan Reporting a death to the coroner by a doctor is not a statutory duty. It is, however, expected good practice. This article discusses some of the concerns arising out of current everyday practice that can lead to problems for doctors and their employing organisations. The author...