Meanwhile we have to build a system in which doctors and others are able safely to admit their errors, to recognise near-misses, to talk about them and be open about them and in that way to enhance the idea of a safe system of care in a hospital.

BBC: Bristol babies inquiry chairman, Prof Ian Kennedy quizzed

But they have been slow to admit their own errors, not least delay and excessive austerity as the cure for excessive deficits.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

The current senior management of NI are having to admit to post-crime "errors of judgement" revolving around their attempts to pay hush-money to the perpetrators and failure to investigate.

BBC: Murdoch: the network defeats the hierarchy