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Rush to Mars may lead to safety compromises that could put astronauts’ lives in danger

Senior management team meeting also informed that sick leave levels were 'unacceptable'

Building a culture of patient safety is a lot like space flight, in that key lessons can be learnt from disasters, writes Lloyd Mudiwa From the beginning of their training, doctors are taught that errors are unacceptable: no diagnosis, allergy or previous medical problem can be missed, every test must be tracked down, every medication dose exactly right.

If the first woman to pilot and command a US spacecraft was to become CEO of the HSE, the first thing she would do is get to know her new staff, and have them talk to her.

HIQA has revealed the scope of the initial proposed National Patient Experience Survey in 2017 will be the 40 public acute hospitals countrywide for all patients discharged over a one-month period.

Commitments have been given to do too many large scale independent reviews “in circumstances where they are not always necessary”, according to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at the Department of Health, who said these reviews were “not occurring within the prescribed four-month time period”.

The National Patient Safety Office will focus on new legislation, setting up a national patient advocacy service and a patient safety surveillance system, the Minister for Health told the IHCA annual conference last weekend.

The total number of serious reportable events (SREs) recorded during July was 39 (there were 235 in the first seven months of 2016).

The constraints on resources in the Irish healthcare system mean doctors are particularly vulnerable to conflict developing in their teams, according to Consultant Clinical Psychologist Dr Eva Doherty.

Senior clinicians need to learn to admit that they are less than perfect, adviser to UK’s Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt on patient safety, Matthew Syed tells Lloyd Mudiwa ahead of his trip to Dublin