Yes George ... more of the same! But, as I said earlier:-
We've been hearing this stuff for at least the last 25 years! You know, the usual moan:- "we don't get any respect"*. Blah, blah (boo, hoo).
The argument about which reporting chain biomeds should pass stuff up through to has been threshed out over and over. And not only on this forum. It is an interesting topic. Myself I have never had a problem with reporting to Nursing. Especially when Engineering has been headed up by a Boiler Mechanic or Facilities by a Chef!
But "HTM"? Forget it guys.
Regarding your earlier post ... the old chestnut about biomeds being easier to Regulate if a single Professional Body speaks for them has also been banged on about (on here) over and over. I would recommend the Search utility for those who may still be interested.
One last thought about Patient Safety though, George:- presumably, we are talking about the so-called "Western world". Meanwhile, when it comes to the Biggest Threat to Patient Safety in other parts of the world (that is, the so-called "developing" - or Majority - world) I would suggest that other candidates to those mentioned in this thread so far arise. Here are a couple for starters:-
1) Corruption
2) Ignorance
3) Abject poverty
... plus (in many places) what we might lump together under a general heading of "lack of resources" (funding, medical staff, engineers ... and, I dare say, leadership).
