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Letters GMC erasure case

GMC erasure case: how we learn from human error

BMJ 2018; 360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k212 (Published 18 January 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;360:k212
  1. Jonathan Cusack, consultant
  1. Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
  1. jonathan.cusack{at}uhl-tr.nhs.uk

The BMJ refers to Hadiza Bawa-Garba as a senior trainee1: this is incorrect. She had completed her fifth year of specialty training (ST5) and was on her first shifts back from maternity leave.

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