Doctor's Association UK (DAUK) recent campaign:
"Learn Not Blame is DAUK’s exciting new campaign, which will be launched over the coming months. We aim to empower individual doctors to be part of a transformational change process working towards a revolution in the culture of the NHS.
We need a culture of learning, not of blame and persecution. We need a culture of compassion and care for all who are served by it and all who work in it. A culture where mistakes and harm are prevented by openness, listening and learning. And where mistakes and harm do happen, change, not blame, is the outcome. A just culture. This is the only way we will see a real improvement in patient safety.
This campaign has been born out of a growing awareness amongst clinicians of how a toxic mix of defensiveness and concern for reputation management above all else can lead to blame-seeking culture. This is bad for doctors and worse still for patient safety.
Most patients and families, when things go wrong in healthcare, just want to know honestly what happened and make sure that the same thing never happens to anyone else. But many people face a brick wall when seeking answers from NHS organisations, and get pushed into an adversarial complaints procedure, or even litigation." (continues)
www.dauk.org/news/2018/7/24/what-is-learn-not-blame
twitter.com/TheDA_UK/status/1047645389766250496
From DAUK 'Meet The Team'
Dr Adrian Harrop
Media Officer
Adrian is based in the North East, and have been living and working in the Newcastle-upon-Tyne area for around six years, following his graduation from the University of Manchester in 2012.
Adrian is currently an ST3 Registrar in General Practice, and has a wide and diverse range of experience, particularly in acute and emergency medicine, and unplanned primary care.
Adrian has a special interest in working with marginalised and disadvantaged populations, particularly patients in the prison environment, the homeless and people with problems related to drug and alcohol dependency.
Adrian is married to Dan, who is an enormous support and a hugely grounding influence. And most importantly, Adrian is a proud adoptive father to his two Bengal cats - Agnes and Morag."
www.dauk.org/meettheteam/