Ethical guide for health managers is needed

New statutory ethical guidelines for health managers, which would specifically include collection of data guidelines, should be introduced so as to ensure that all decisions in the health service are made based on the best available evidence and with the best interest and safety of patients paramount. The call from the IMO was made at its AGM, where the fall-out from the Francis report in the UK into the deaths at the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust reverberated around many debates on patient safety. Proposing the motion, Dr Matthew Sadlier stressed that decisions should always be made based on best evidence and…