Risk Management

doi:10.1017/9781108790932.047

Chapter 45 - Risk Management

Emergency Obstetric and Intrapartum Care

from Section 9 - Setting-Up Skills and Drills Training in Maternity Services and Reducing Avoidable Harm

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 May 2021

Jessica Moore

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Edwin Chandraharan and

Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran

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Edwin Chandraharan: Affiliation:
St George's University of London
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran: Affiliation:
St George's University of London

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Risk management is a systematic approach to reducing the risk of harm to a patient. The concept of patient safety is not new; it has always been the goal of the clinician to achieve the best outcome for their patients. However, the formal process of risk management is a new and rapidly evolving aspect of healthcare. A key publication by the department of Health in the United Kingdom in 2000 highlighted the need to learn from clinical errors [1]. Therefore, recommendations were made for a new system of national reporting and analysis of adverse healthcare events bringing risk management to the fore. With this drive came documents for the royal colleges spelling out the need for robust risk management to ensure high quality care [2, 3].

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Information: Obstetric and Intrapartum Emergencies
A Practical Guide to Management
, pp. 320 - 326

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108790932.047 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2021

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