Melissa Sweet writes an open letter to Professor Chris Baggoley, Chief Executive Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Quality in health care
Why the media’s focus on Royal North Shore Hospital is unhealthy
Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital has been copping a media hammering for weeks now. Unfortunately, much of the coverage has been a waste of valuable media space. It’s time to give the RNSH a break, for the sake of our health, writes Melissa Sweet.
Governments urged to lead on patient safety
Around the world, 10,000 people die each day as a result of mistakes, complications and other harms caused by their acute health care. This makes iatrogenic harm in health care the third biggest killer…
