Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust; England

Rob Bethune is a consultant colo-rectal surgeon and works as a clinical lead for the South West Patient Safety Collaborative. He took a year out of his surgical training (2009-2010) working at the South West Health Authority.  During his time there he was involved in a variety of projects relating to quality improvement.  Together with a consultant colleague he set up a programme facilitating first year doctors to run a structured quality improvement project throughout their first year; they have expanded this programme to several other hospitals. He has presented and published widely on both quality improvement and human factors.