​ ‘Whatever you do don’t get into this. There’s nothing you can do. It will only send you mad.’ Sage words from a gastroenterologist I’d never met before. A patient of his had a ruptured bowel – the pressure of gas, delivered during colonoscopy, far too high. He’d tried for […]

The healthcare safety machine needs fixing. Is there anyone out there who can help? Medical error has been reported as the third greatest cause of death. We know this. ‘The real problem isn’t how to stop bad doctors from harming, even killing, their patients. It’s how to prevent good doctors […]