by The damage to mothers and their babies is at risk that they will be normalized in the NHS due to a “toxic” culture of “covering up”.
Charlie Massey, Managing Director of General Medical Council (GMC), will inform the delegates at a conference that “something has to be done badly” so that every fourth doctors of the trainees are afraid of commenting.
In a speech seen by the PA news agency, Mr. Massey will tell the patient safety congress of the Health Service Journal in Manchester: “The fact that doctors live and make death decisions in environments in which they are anxious is deeply worrying.
“These are exactly the factors that lead to a cover -up over openness and disguise about honesty. And in these cultures there is the greatest damage to the patient.”
Maternity provision is “one of the most endangered and most high -printing areas of medicine”, he will continue.
“One in which the consequences of slate are particularly tragic and extensive and both a mother and her baby affect, not to mention her wider family.”
GMC shows that 27% of the obstetrics and gynecology trainees are hesitant to escalate into a higher doctor – a higher proportion than in other medical areas.
The specialty also has above -average rates of stress, bullying and doctors who do not feel supported by the knowledge of colleagues.
Mr. Massey will say that the data “suggest[s] A situation in which patient safety falls victim to unhealthy culture too often. “
“The unthinkable – damage to mothers and their babies – is at risk of being normalized,” he will add. “And the poisonous culture is not least to blame.”
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Mr. Massey will ask the employers to recognize their role in ensuring jobs that promote a feeling of belonging and integration between the employees because “behind these statistics” real people “lie” real tragedies “.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has Started a national maternity investigation in what he sees as a “systemic” failure in NHS care.
He said that families who lost babies were often “gaslit” in search of the truth.
The investigation is expected to complete in December. A national motherhood and newborn -Skskforce, which is made up of experts and bereaved and led by the Minister of Health, was also set up.
