A midwife’s exploration into how power and hierarchy influence both staff and patient safety (June 2021)

Summary

This discussion paper, published in The Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, explores some of the opportunities which healthcare organisations could embrace to positively influence the effects of power and hierarchy on staff safety.

The author concludes:

"This exploration into how power and hierarchy influence both staff and patient safety has identified and briefly explored some of the tensions created by misplaced brand loyalty inherent within healthcare institutions, and the legacy of harms resulting."

Content

See also Helen Elliott-Mainwaring's poster on the research (also available to download from the attachment below):