Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Where patient safety is being put at risk, no matter what the reason, doctors have an obligation to raise concerns to prevent harm. The prospect of speaking up can be very daunting, especially for a junior doctor and especially when the concerns may relate to a senior colleague or systems which are in place in their employing hospital.
Hosted by the MDU's medico-legal advisers, Dr Mike Devlin and Jerard Ross, this webinar highlights resources that can help prepare you to speak up.
View our upcoming webinars: themdu.com/learn-and-develop/webinars
3:56 Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
10:48 Systems engineering initiative for patient safety
18:35 Overview of PSIRF and guidance
19:58 The Health Services Safety Investigations Board (HSIB)
29:15 Human factors and patient safety
33:46 Human factors often seen in MDU files
36:46 The statutory duty of candour and the ethical duty
40:22 Raising concerns
44:00 Second victim
47:07 Q&A
Where patient safety is being put at risk, no matter what the reason, doctors have an obligation to raise concerns to prevent harm. The prospect of speaking up can be very daunting, especially for a junior doctor and especially when the concerns may relate to a senior colleague or systems which are in place in their employing hospital.
Hosted by the MDU's medico-legal advisers, Dr Mike Devlin and Jerard Ross, this webinar highlights resources that can help prepare you to speak up.
View our upcoming webinars: themdu.com/learn-and-develop/webinars
3:56 Patient Safety Incident Response Framework
10:48 Systems engineering initiative for patient safety
18:35 Overview of PSIRF and guidance
19:58 The Health Services Safety Investigations Board (HSIB)
29:15 Human factors and patient safety
33:46 Human factors often seen in MDU files
36:46 The statutory duty of candour and the ethical duty
40:22 Raising concerns
44:00 Second victim
47:07 Q&A
