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Serena Wylde London Jeremy Hunt's fixation on a controversial weekend effect (Hunt hindering seven-day NHS, say staff, 24 August) deflects attention away from a far more serious problem: that of addressing avoidable patient deaths caused by error grounded in poor clinical teamwork, such as miscommunication between a ward team and a surgical team.
Furthermore, it is commonly accepted that, unless explicated, disagreements in background assumptions can lead to misunderstanding as well as miscommunication.
That a taxi driver can kick a woman out of his car on the motorway in the early hours of the morning and have it labelled as "miscommunication" is something that needs urgent attention.
Too often our society excuses alcohol-facilitated sexual assault as "miscommunication" or as "gray rape" (this absurd notion that a man can "unwittingly" violates a woman because alcohol made the sexual encounter unclear).
That a taxi driver can kick a woman out of his car on the motorway in the early hours of the morning and have it labeled as "miscommunication" is something that needs urgent attention.
The highest proportion of safety concerns was classified as miscommunication, while eight 'other' events related to significant delays to inpatient care or problems related to cleanliness and hygiene.
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