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Future Leaders Communiqué Volume 6 Issue 4 October 2021

In this edition, we present a coronial investigation into the death of an elderly Indigenous man in hospital following a surgical procedure.

In this podcast episode we look at the problem of access block, a major barrier to delivering safe and timely care to patients in hospitals.

This podcast focuses on harm resulting from resident-on-resident interactions.

In this edition we look at paediatric appendicitis - the most common cause of acute abdomen in children.

This edition examines two cases where early attention and prompt responses to family concerns may have altered the fatal outcomes.

The content of the podcast is based on our April 2021 print edition, with Dr Vincent Wong as guest editor.

Thunderstorm asthma events can trigger severe asthma symptoms in susceptible individuals and potentially rapidly overwhelm health services.

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A resident is administered medication to which he has a known allergy leading to death prompting a review of practice and systems of care.

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This edition examines how the workforce issues impact resident safety and quality of care through three separate cases.

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