Criminalisation of unintentional error in healthcare in the UK: a perspective from New Zealand

BMJ. 2019 Mar 7:364:l706. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l706.

Rohan Ameratunga¹, Hilary Klonin², Jenny Vaughan^{3

4}, Alan Merry^{5

6}, Jonathan Cusack⁷

¹ Auckland City Hospital and University of Auckland, Park Rd, Grafton 1010, Auckland, New Zealand rohana@adhb.govt.nz.
² Department of Paediatrics, Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull, HU3 2JZ, UK.
³ Ealing Hospital, North West London Healthcare NHS Trust, Uxbridge Road, Southall, London, UB1 3HW, UK.
⁴ Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RF.
⁵ Auckland City Hospital and University of Auckland, Park Rd, Grafton 1010, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁶ University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
⁷ Leicester Medical School, Infirmary Road, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK.

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