1. Adapting organisational behaviour to safeguard against the threat of corporate manslaughter Stuart Emslie BSc MSc CEng MIHM FIOSH Healthcare Governance director & Visiting Fellow, Loughborough University Business School Former Department of Health Head of Controls Assurance for the NHS in England

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6. 1999 Controls assurance H&S standard 38 pages…..

8. 2004 Standards for better health “ While Standards for Better Health will synthesise a large number of existing rules and guidance, NHS bodies will continue to be subject to the wider regulatory framework, such as health and safety legislation.”

9. Organisational behaviour – a function of organisational systems Systems make things happen – people make it work Adapting organisational behaviour to safeguard against the threat of corporate manslaughter

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12. Quality of job design (r=.59) Job satisfaction (r=.53) Intention to leave job (r=.53) Positive feeling with organisation (r=.62)

19. The Scotsman 14 October 2007 - http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1641252007

20. ‘ UK: blunders by doctors kill 40,000 a year’ Sunday Times, 19 Dec 1999 “ Medical error is the third most frequent cause of death in Britain after cancer and heart disease…….kills four times more people than die from all other types of accidents.” NB – USA approx. 98,000/year; Australia approx. 10,000/year

21. www.jcaho.org

22. Failure Mode and Effects Analysis FMEA HFMEA TM SFMEA Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Failure Modes and Effects Analysis

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