Wider effects of the Bawa-Garba case on medical practice and public safety

Most of us don’t know, and will never know, whether Hadiza Bawa-Garba was concentrating on the day or lacked specific knowledge.1 The same is true for other cases that have come to court or the General Medical Council. But comments imply that at least some people think that this was not malicious and was affected by the pressures of work and making decisions. Medical staff failures seem to become public when it is a child or an emotive issue such as sepsis. Errors occur every day. No action occurs for a single error if a problem does not arise. …