TY - JOUR T1 - Public inquiries, patient safety and the implementation gap JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 7 LP - 9 DO - 10.7861/fhj.2023-FR103 VL - 10 IS - 1 AU - Helen Hughes Y1 - 2023/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/10/1/7.abstract N2 - A decade on from the Francis report, avoidable patient harm continues to occur and we have continued to see new inquiries and reviews into serious patient safety scandals. A failure to listen to patients or learn from previous investigations, a corrosive blame culture, a lack of effective leadership and an unresponsive regulatory framework are alarming and often reported themes that we review here. ER -