Supporting surgeons after adverse events: five minutes with . . . Kevin Turner
The consultant urological surgeon explains a Royal College of Surgeons of England initiative to ensure surgeons’ wellbeing when things go wrong in surgery “The basis for the Support (surgeon peer-led post-incident response teams) Improvement Collaborative1 is a recognition that surgeons are harmed when things go wrong in surgery. “It’s important, of course, that we recognise that the person who is harmed the most is the patient, and next are the people who love that patient. But it’s a matter of fact that a significant number of surgeons are adversely affected when things go wrong in...