Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Process Redesign, Flinders University
I trained in Medicine at the Middlesex Hospital in London, then specialized in Psychiatry and Clinical Epidemiology. I have worked in various positions in London, Botswana and Australia. I spend thirty years as a working psychiatrist, but in the last two decades I have concentrated on health service analysis, monitoring and improving healthcare safety and quality, and healthcare process redesign using Lean Thinking techniques. I have had an active career as a clinical researcher, and have published over 100 articles in the peer reviewed literature, as well as three books.
Some private hospitals are safer than others, but we don't know which
Jun 13, 2017 16:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The recent jailing of British breast surgeon Ian Paterson after performing multiple unnecessary operations has highlighted the issue of hospital safety. Patersons unnecessary surgeries included some performed in private...
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