title: Vantage point.
abstract: DURING A CONVERSATION over dinner recently, I was asked what two things I would change in the health service. I found the question surprisingly difficult to answer but for the first I opted for making the NHS a safer place for patients, for staff and indeed for all involved.
authors.affiliation: Caroline Shuldham is director of nursing and quality at the Harefield NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Royal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brompton