In 2007, Martin Bromiley (an airline pilot whose wife died due to an anaesthetic accident which had human factors causes) established in the UK, the first Clinical Human Factors Group, which has both clinical and human factors specialists involved. The evidence in which has come from the death of Elaine Bromiley’s case has led to an increasing focus on non-technical skills, and values for the surgical profession. Technical skills are important for successful surgical practice, although in Elaine Bromiley’s care they are not enough in isolation.
