Bristol heart scandal

The Bristol heart scandal occurred in England during the 1990s. At the Bristol Royal Infirmary, babies died at high rates after cardiac surgery. An inquiry found "staff shortages, a lack of leadership, [a] ... unit ... 'simply not up to the task' ... 'an old boy's culture' among doctors, a lax approach to safety, secrecy about doctors' performance and a lack of monitoring by management".[1] The scandal resulted in cardiac surgeons leading efforts to publish more data on the performance of doctors and hospitals.[1][2]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rebecca Smith (29 July 2010) "Bristol heart scandal" The Telegraph. Accessed 28 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Smith R (June 1998). "All changed, changed utterly. British medicine will be transformed by the Bristol case". BMJ 316 (7149): 1917–8. doi:10.1136/bmj.316.7149.1917. PMC 1113398. PMID 9641922.

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