@article {Harrison585, author = {Reema Harrison and Rebecca Lawton and Kevin Stewart}, title = {Doctors{\textquoteright} experiences of adverse events in secondary care: the professional and personal impact}, volume = {14}, number = {6}, pages = {585--590}, year = {2014}, doi = {10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-585}, publisher = {Royal College of Physicians}, abstract = {We carried out a cross-sectional online survey of fellows and members of the Royal College of Physicians to establish physicians{\textquoteright} experiences of adverse patient safety events and near misses, and the professional and personal impact of these. 1,755 physicians answered at least one question; 1,334 answered every relevant question. Of 1,463 doctors whose patients had an adverse event or near miss, 1,119 (76\%) believed this had affected them personally or professionally. 1,077 (74\%) reported stress, 995 (68\%) anxiety, 840 (60\%) sleep disturbance and 886 (63\%) lower professional confidence. 1,192 (81\%) became anxious about the potential for future errors. Of 1,141 who had used NHS incident reporting systems, only 315 (28\%) were satisfied with this process. 201 (14\%) received useful feedback, 201 (19\%) saw local improvements and 277 (19\%) saw system changes. 364 (25\%) did not report an incident that they should have. Adverse safety events affect physicians, but few formal sources of support are available. Most doctors use incident-reporting systems, but many describe a lack of useful feedback, systems change or local improvement.}, issn = {1470-2118}, URL = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/6/585}, eprint = {https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/6/585.full.pdf}, journal = {Clinical Medicine} }