Miscellaneous
In todays episode we talk to Martin Bromiley, pilot, OBE, and founder of the Clinical Human Factors Group. In 2005 his wife Elaine was in hospital for a routine operation. During her anaesthetic there were serious problems establishing an airway and she subsequently died of a hypoxic brain injury 13 days later. Whilst on the intensive care unit Martin commented that he was hopeful that some good might come from her investigation in order to see if anything could be learned from her death. To his surprise he was told that there would be no investigation unless he complained or he sued the trust. As an airline pilot this just didn't make sense to him- why wouldn't they want to find out more about what happened? To learn not to blame. As he came to discover, the learning culture that he was familiar with in the aviation industry was not one that was shared in the NHS. Today we talk to Martin about his experiences and how he set up his own charity to change the NHS and make it safer for everyone.