title: Voices - Duty of care to patients should always come first, writes Yvonne Coghill.
abstract: When the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground last month, no one watching the scenes of the stricken vessel could fail to be shocked and horrified by the tragedy. The behaviour of the captain, who allegedly reneged on his duty of care to the people on his ship, caused particular alarm.
authors.affiliation: Of the Breaking Through programme at the NHS Institute of Innovation and Improvement.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Coghill